Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes

Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

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Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating autobiography describes one woman's life as a slave and subsequently her four years in Lincoln's White House during the Civil War. Through the eyes of this black woman, a seamstress and dressmaker who was only a few years removed from being a 'slave for life', we see historical figures and events including the Lincolns in their private chambers and the return to Richmond after the fall of the Confederate capital.

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Part slave narrative, part memoir, and part sentimental fiction Behind the Scenes depicts Elizabeth Keckley's years as a salve and subsequent four years in Abraham Lincoln's White House during the Civil War. Through the eyes of this black woman, we see a wide range of historical figures and events of the antebellum South, the Washington of the Civil War years, and the final stages of the war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 162mm x 117mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780195060843
• ISBN-10: 0195060849
• Artikelnr.: 21508277