Behind the scenes ; thirty years a slave and four years in the White House, 1968 / Elizabeth Keckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907, author.

Contributor:

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

Series:

American Negro, his history and literature

Women's voices and life writing. 1600-1968.

The American Negro. His history and literature

Women's voices and life writing. 1600-1968

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.

Keckley, Elizabeth.

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882.

Lincoln, Mary Todd.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

African American women--Biography.

African American women.

Enslaved women--United States--Biography.

Enslaved women.

Women dressmakers--United States--Biography.

Women dressmakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 371 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

1968 /

New York : Arno Press and The New York Times, 1968.

Summary:

The alternative title of this book is "Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House". She was the seamstress and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. There's an awful passage in this where she describes trying to stand up to a Mr. Bingham (slave owner) when he tries to whip/rape her, and her statements to stop him, but his eventual power enables him to hurt her. Her description of being tortured in that way is very distressing.

Notes:

Originally published: New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1868.

AMDigital Reference: Document Supply L70/1220.

"Transcripts: Please note that an automatically generated transcript is available to download for this document"--Home page.

Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2024. Digitized from a copy held by The British Library and made available by AM.

Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed on March 20, 2024).

OCLC:

1427710306

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.