Behind the Scenes
Or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House
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Preface
8:58 -
Ch. 1 - Where I was Born
20:05 -
Ch. 2 - Girlhood and its Sorrows
12:00 -
Ch. 3 - How I Gained My Freedom
19:37 -
Ch. 4 - In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis
13:40 -
Ch. 5 - My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln
14:49 -
Ch. 6 - Willie Lincoln's Death-Bed
17:51 -
Ch. 7 - Washington 1862-3
14:23 -
Ch. 8 - Candid Opinions
14:12 -
Ch. 9 - Behind the Scenes
13:24 -
Ch. 10 - The Second Inauguration
22:18 -
Ch. 11 - The Assassination of President Lincoln
29:29 -
Ch. 12 - Mrs. Lincoln Leaves the White House
27:18 -
Ch. 13 - Origin of the Rivalry btwn. Mr. Douglas & Mr. Lincoln
12:19 -
Ch. 14 - Old Friends
26:26 -
Ch. 15 Part 1 - Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York
33:24 -
Ch. 15 Part 2 - Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York
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Appendix - Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley
38:44
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About this book
Elizabeth Keckley writes from the position of someone whose own history became closely entangled with the Lincoln household. Published in 1868, her autobiography begins with memories of being born into slavery at Dinwiddie Court-House in Virginia. She selects episodes that helped form her character and reflects on the denial of liberty, the persistence of injustice and the difficulty of judging people's motives from their public actions alone.
Her work as a dressmaker and her friendship with Mary Lincoln give the account its second focus. In the White House scenes, public history takes on the scale of a private room: Keckley describes tending Mrs. Lincoln during her grief and watching Robert and Tad comfort their mother. The contents also include letters from Mrs. Lincoln. Readers interested in American history or women's life writing can find a personal account of slavery, household service and the pressures surrounding a presidential family.
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- Elizabeth Keckley
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