Title |
Behind the scenes : : formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
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Names |
Keckley, Elizabeth.
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Foster, Frances Smith.
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Book Number |
BR015761
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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Annotation |
Autobiography of a former slave who obtained her freedom in 1855 at age thirty. Discusses the reconstruction era. Describes how being a skillful seamstress led her to become the confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln during the Lincolns' years in the White House. 1998 historical introduction by Frances Smith Foster. 1868.
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Local Subject |
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Adult Book - AD
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Short Book - SH
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Biography - Black concern - BLKB
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Black Interest - BLK
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Historical - BIH
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Biography - Autobiography - ABI
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Braille Book Review, Mar-Apr 2006 - B206
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Audience Notes |
A
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LC Subject |
African American women - Biography
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Women slaves - United States - Biography
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Dressmakers - United States - Biography
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Slaves - United States - Biography
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Call Number |
973.70922 B ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2001
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2001 (Associated Services for the Blind, transcribing agency. Associated Services for the Blind, distributor.)
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Original Publication |
Transcription of: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001.
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