Behind the scenes : or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
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Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
Título
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Behind the scenes : or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House
Autor
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Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
Format
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Libros
ISBN
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9780989609272
Subject Term
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African American women -- Biography.
Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
Dressmakers -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Noires américaines -- Biographies.
Femmes esclaves -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Couturiers -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Esclaves -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
African American women
Dressmakers
Relations with African Americans
Enslaved persons
Enslaved women
Summary
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Born into slavery, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (ca. 1824-1907) rose to a position of respect as a talented dressmaker and designer to the political elite of Washington, D.C., and a confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. In this unusual memoir, Keckley offers a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the formal and informal networks that African Americans established among themselves, as well as an insider's perspective of the men who made Civil War politics and the women who influenced them.
| Library | Shelf Number | Estado |
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| Sierra Vista Public Library | 973.709 KEC | Adult Non Fiction |