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1 online resource (164 pages) : portrait, facsimiles |
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About This Edition -- Summary -- CONTENTS. -- PREFACE. -- BEHIND THE SCENES. -- WHERE I WAS BORN. -- GIRLHOOD AND ITS SORROWS. -- HOW I GAINED MY FREEDOM. -- In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis. -- MY INTRODUCTION TO MRS. LINCOLN. -- WILLIE LINCOLN'S DEATH-BED. -- WASHINGTON IN 1862-3. -- CANDID OPINIONS. -- BEHIND THE SCENES. -- THE SECOND INAUGURATION. -- THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. -- MRS. LINCOLN LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE. -- THE ORIGIN OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN MR. DOUGLAS AND MR. LINCOLN. -- OLD FRIENDS |
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THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK. APPENDIX. -- LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY |
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This is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Keckley moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for the wives of influential politicians. She eventually became a close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Several years after President Lincoln's assassination, when Mrs Lincoln's financial situation had worsened, Keckley helped organize an auction of the former first lady's dresses, eliciting strong criticism from members of the Washington elite |
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Prepared using the transcribed electronic text used in the "Documenting the American South" (DocSouth)--Project |
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Originally published: New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., 1868 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.
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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Relations with African Americans
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
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Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
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Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907 fast |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 fast |
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African American women -- Biography
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Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography
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Dressmakers -- United States -- Biography
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African American women
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Dressmakers
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Relations with African Americans
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Enslaved persons
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Enslaved women
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
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| ISBN |
9780807869642 |
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0807869643 |
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9781469602905 |
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1469602903 |
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0807869635 |
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9780807869635 |
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