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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
| 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 |
| Names | Keckley, Elizabeth. |
| Foster, Frances Smith. |
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| Book Number | BR015761 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Braille |
| Download Link | Volume 1. |
| Volume 2. | |
| 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. |
| Local Subject | Adult Non-Fiction - AN |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Biography - Black concern - BLKB | |
| Black Interest - BLK | |
| Biography & Autobiography - BIO | |
| Biography - Historical - BIH | |
| Biography - Autobiography - ABI | |
| Braille Book Review, Mar-Apr 2006 - B206 | |
| Audience Notes | A |
| LC Subject | African American women - Biography |
| 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 |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2001 |
| 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.) |
| Original Publication | Transcription of: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001. |