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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--NARRATIVES.) KECKLEY, ELIZABETH. Behind the Scenes. Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Portrait frontispiece of the author. 371 pages with publisher's catalogue at the end. 8vo, original green cloth worn, shaken; contents clean. New York: Carleton, 1868
The authentic narrative of Mary Todd Lincoln's "modiste," dressmaker and right hand. Keckley had the honor of being dressmaker to both Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Keckley was Mrs. Lincoln's confidante and the two shared a unique relationship. In 1863, Keckley founded the Contraband Relief Association. Mrs. Lincoln got some of her influential friends to donate.
