Behind the Scenes : Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House book
Behind the Scenes : Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley
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Author: Elizabeth KeckleyPublished Date: 14 Mar 2014
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Paperback::688 pages
ISBN10: 1497358817
File size: 45 Mb
Filename: behind-the-scenes-thirty-years-a-slave-and-four-years-in-the-white-house.pdf
Dimension: 152x 229x 35mm::903g
Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley Elizabeth Keckley in FB3, RTF, TXT download e-book. I HAVE often been asked to write my life, as those who know me know that it has been an eventful one. At last I have acceded to the importunities of my friends, and have hastily sketched some of the striking incidents that go to make up my history. My life, so full of romance, may sound like a dream to the matter-of-fact reader, nevertheless Keckley published Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House in 1868, partly to help Mrs. Lincoln financially and partly to counter criticism of Mrs. Lincoln. Though Keckley anticipated some disapproval for publishing personal details about Mrs. Lincoln and White House private life, I have often been asked to write my has been an eventful one, wrote Elizabeth Keckley in her autobiography Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. First published in 1868, it is one of the most candid and poignant slave narratives. It also Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White House eBook: Elizabeth Keckley: Kindle Store President Lincoln and his top general met for 1.5 hours in small house in Petersburg As white Richmond retreated behind shutters and blinds, black Richmond It seems to me that I have been dreaming a horrid dream for four years, and now the All this scene of brief duration, but, though a simple and humble affair, Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White House eBook: Elizabeth Keckley: Kindle Store Behind the Scenes, or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Behind the scenes; or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House Keckley, Elizabeth, ca. 1818-1907 During her White House years, Mary Lincoln faced many personal difficulties Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. OR, THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE, AND FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. M DCCC LXVIII. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, ELIZABETH KECKLEY, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the
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