![]() ![]() With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Behind the Scenes is both modern and readable. It's an inspiring tale that provides a personal account of one of the most volatile times in American history. Lincoln or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. Despite her limiting circumstances, Elizabeth Keckley earned her freedom and became a successful entrepreneur. Behind the Scenes: Formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. ![]() ![]() One of her most notable clients was Mary Todd Lincoln, with whom she developed a close friendship.īehind the Scenes is a harrowing story of one woman's unshakable drive. She ventured North and started a career as a dressmaker to influential women in political circles. Elizabeth was a gifted seamstress who used her skills to save money to buy her and her son's freedom. One attack resulted in the birth of her son, whom she named George. Keckley had unprecedented access, giving insight into their state during and after the Civil War.Įlizabeth Keckley was born into slavery and experienced a traumatic upbringing riddled with physical and sexual violence. ![]() Elizabeth Keckley reveals the hardships of slavery and the changing political climate in Washington amongst the country's most powerful couple, Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Hired by Mary Todd Lincoln to be her personal modiste, Keckley formed a close friendship with the first lady, a relationship strengthened by the tragedies they endured together, including the deaths of their sons and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. ![]()
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