Hardcover, 319 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 1998 by The Lakeside Press R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company.
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 The Lakeside Classics
- ISBN:
- 978-1-199-18330-9
- ASIN:
- B0006R1C3Q
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Elizabeth Keckley was born into slavery in 1818 in Virginia. Although she encountered one hardship after another, with sheer determination, a network of supporters and valuable dressmaking skills, she eventually bought her freedom from her St. Louis owners for $1,200. She made her way to Washington, D.C. in 1860 to establish her own dressmaking business and met first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
Just after Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration, in 1861, the FLOTUS hired Keckley (also spelled Keckly) as her personal modiste. Keckley took on the role of dressmaker, personal dresser and confidante, and the two women formed a special bond.
Subjects
- slavery
- history
- United States history
- women’s studies