Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Elizabeth Keckley, former slave who became a successful seamstress, civic activist and author (1818-1907)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- WHERE I WAS BORN

-04- GIRLHOOD AND ITS SORROWS

-05- HOW I GAINED MY FREEDOM

-06- IN THE FAMILY OF SENATOR JEFFERSON DAVIS

-07- MY INTRODUCTION TO MRS. LINCOLN

-08- WILLIE LINCOLN'S DEATH BED

-09- WASHINGTON IN 1862 TO 1863

-10- CANDID OPINIONS

-11- BEHIND THE SCENES

-12- THE SECOND INAUGURATION

-13- THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN

-14- MRS. LINCOLN LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE

-15- THE ORIGIN OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN MR. DOUGLAS AND MR. LINCOLN

-16- OLD FRIENDS

-17- THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK