Elizabeth Keckley

17 books • 5 series

Elizabeth Keckley (1818-1907) was a formerly enslaved woman who used her skills as a seamstress to purchase her own freedom. Born in Virginia, she was owned by a local planter and later, his daughter. Despite her status, Elizabeth was recognized for her talent, which she used to support the family. She then raised enough money to buy her freedom and move to Washington D.C. It was there that she started a business, making connections with the political elite, including Mary Todd Lincoln. Later, Keckley would detail the events of her tumultuous life in the autobiography Behind the Scenes (1868).

Sep 15, 2020
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Women and Freedom

Apr 15, 2019
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The BEHIND THE SCENES - 30 Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House

Dec 10, 2018
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Behind the Scenes (Classic Reprint)

Aug 11, 2017
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Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House. By

Aug 6, 2015
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Slave Narrative Six Pack 2

Feb 17, 2015
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Behind the Scenes - Scholar's Choice Edition

Jan 21, 2014
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Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Sep 30, 2013
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Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House - Primary Source Edition

Apr 26, 2013
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Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House

Apr 11, 2013
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Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years and Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Mar 30, 2012
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Behind the Scenes with Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

Aug 19, 2009
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Behind the Scenes - Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White

Oct 31, 2008
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Behind the Scenes; Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (Dodo Press)

Aug 1, 2008
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Behind The Scenes Or, Thirty Years A Slave, And Four Years In The White House (Distributed for the University of North Carolina at Chapel H)

Sep 29, 2006
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Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House (Civil War)

Jan 1, 2001
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Behind the Scenes. by Elizabeth Keckley. Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. (Michigan Historical Reprint)

Jul 28, 1988
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Behind the Scenes (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) (Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House)