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UNINA9910457944603321 |
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Autore |
Keckley Elizabeth <ca. 1818-1907.> |
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Titolo |
Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House [[electronic resource] /] / by Elizabeth Keckly |
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Chapel Hill, NC, : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, : distributed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0290-3 |
0-8078-6964-3 |
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Edizione |
[DocSouth Books ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African American women |
Women slaves - United States |
Dressmakers - United States |
Slaves - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Prepared using the transcribed electronic text used in the "Documenting the American South" (DocSouth) Project. |
Originally published: New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., 1868. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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."" |
""THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK.""""APPENDIX.""; ""LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY."" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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