Originally published in 1942, They Knew Lincoln is a collection of historical vignettes about black Americans who Knew Abraham Lincoln. Long out of print, the book offers the "colored side of Lincolniana" by reproducing the original text and illustrations, including an introduction by Carl Sandburg, along with a new introductory essay contextualizing the work by Kate Masur.
Originally published in 1942, They Knew Lincoln is a collection of historical vignettes about black Americans who Knew Abraham Lincoln. Long out of print, the book offers the "colored side of Lincolniana" by reproducing the original text and illustrations, including an introduction by Carl Sandburg, along with a new introductory essay contextualizing the work by Kate Masur.
John E. Washington (1880-1964) was a Washington, DC public school teacher and collector of Lincoln memorabilia. He published They Knew Lincoln in 1942. Kate Masur is Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University. She is the author of An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. and the co-editor of The World the Civil War Made.
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* Editor's Introduction * Foreword by the Author * Introduction by Carl Sandburg * Acknowledgments * Prelude Recollections of the Ford Theater Neighborhood * Part One: Those Who Loved Lincoln * Grandmother Her Story of the Three C's * The Beginning of the Artist "Booth's Annihilation" * Cousin Annie Tells about the Keckley and Herndon Books * Uncle Ben, the Preacher Cartoon of "Riding around the Circuit" * His Stories of King Solomon's Wisdom * The Divine Preparation * Aunt Eliza * Aunt Eliza's Death * Aunt Rosetta Wells Her Stories of Little Tad Lincoln and the White House * Uncle Buck * Aunt Mary Dines The Contraband Singer * Her Stories of Lincoln's Visits to the Contraband Camp Their Exercises for Him and His Part in Them * Old Aunt Phobe Bias Her Story of the "Big Watch Meeting" before the Emancipation Proclamation * Uncle Sandy His Story of the Ford's Theater Ghosts * Interlude Slavery in the East * Part Two: Those Who Served Lincoln * William Slade Confidential Messenger and Friend * Aunt Rosetta Wells White House Seamstress * Cornelia Mitchell White House Cook * Peter Brown Butler and Waiter at the White House * William Johnson Lincoln's First Bodyguard * Solomon Johnson Lincoln's Personal Barber * Part Three: Those Who Remembered Lincoln * Aunt Vina Her Home and Souvenirs of Lincoln * Her Description of Lincoln's Funeral * Aunt Elizabeth Thomas Heroine of Fort Stevens * John Henry Coghill Living Witness of Booth's Capture and Death * Her Personal Statement * Tom Gardiner How He Knew the Conspirators and Booth's Plans * Personal Statement by Him * William J. Ferguson The Only Witness of All the Phases of Lincoln's Assassination * Part Four: The Springfield Revelation * William de Fleurville Also Known as William Florville and "Billy the Barber" * Part Five: Elizabeth Keckley * Elizabeth Keckley Companion and Confidante of Mrs. Lincoln * "Behind the Scenes" Story of Mrs. Keckley's book * Mary Todd Lincoln Love of the Negro for Lincoln's Wife * Appendix
* Editor's Introduction * Foreword by the Author * Introduction by Carl Sandburg * Acknowledgments * Prelude Recollections of the Ford Theater Neighborhood * Part One: Those Who Loved Lincoln * Grandmother Her Story of the Three C's * The Beginning of the Artist "Booth's Annihilation" * Cousin Annie Tells about the Keckley and Herndon Books * Uncle Ben, the Preacher Cartoon of "Riding around the Circuit" * His Stories of King Solomon's Wisdom * The Divine Preparation * Aunt Eliza * Aunt Eliza's Death * Aunt Rosetta Wells Her Stories of Little Tad Lincoln and the White House * Uncle Buck * Aunt Mary Dines The Contraband Singer * Her Stories of Lincoln's Visits to the Contraband Camp Their Exercises for Him and His Part in Them * Old Aunt Phobe Bias Her Story of the "Big Watch Meeting" before the Emancipation Proclamation * Uncle Sandy His Story of the Ford's Theater Ghosts * Interlude Slavery in the East * Part Two: Those Who Served Lincoln * William Slade Confidential Messenger and Friend * Aunt Rosetta Wells White House Seamstress * Cornelia Mitchell White House Cook * Peter Brown Butler and Waiter at the White House * William Johnson Lincoln's First Bodyguard * Solomon Johnson Lincoln's Personal Barber * Part Three: Those Who Remembered Lincoln * Aunt Vina Her Home and Souvenirs of Lincoln * Her Description of Lincoln's Funeral * Aunt Elizabeth Thomas Heroine of Fort Stevens * John Henry Coghill Living Witness of Booth's Capture and Death * Her Personal Statement * Tom Gardiner How He Knew the Conspirators and Booth's Plans * Personal Statement by Him * William J. Ferguson The Only Witness of All the Phases of Lincoln's Assassination * Part Four: The Springfield Revelation * William de Fleurville Also Known as William Florville and "Billy the Barber" * Part Five: Elizabeth Keckley * Elizabeth Keckley Companion and Confidante of Mrs. Lincoln * "Behind the Scenes" Story of Mrs. Keckley's book * Mary Todd Lincoln Love of the Negro for Lincoln's Wife * Appendix
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