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Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American Seamstress by Elizabeth Keckley ISBN: 0486451224 Dover Publications Price: $7.95 click here to see this book Keckley was a former slave who became a successful Washington, D.C., dressmaker — and a confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. This intimate bond allowed her to witness the happy times as well as the tragic events that unfolded within the Lincoln White House. A remarkable firsthand narrative of both African-American and Civil War history. Reprint of Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House, G. W. Carleton & Co., New York, 1868. Table of Contents for Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American Seamstress Preface I. Where I was born II. Girlhood and its Sorrows III. How I gained my Freedom IV. In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis V. My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln VI. Willie Lincoln's Death-bed VII. Washington in 1862-3 VIII. Candid Opinions IX. Behind the Scenes X. The Second Inauguration XI. The Assassination of President Lincoln XII. Mrs. Lincoln leaves the White House XIII. The Origin of the Rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln XIV. Old Friends XV. The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York Appendix--Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley

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