Author:
Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.
ImprintHillsborough, NC : Eno Publishers, [2016]
Imprint2016
Descriptionxix, 161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Note:Originally published: New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., 1868. With new introduction and publisher's annotations.
Note:I. Where I Was Born -- II. Girlhood and Its Sorrows -- III. How I Gained My Freedom -- IV. In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis -- V. My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln -- VI. Willie Lincoln's Death-bed -- VII. Washington in 1862-3 -- VIII. Candid Opinions -- IX. Behind the Scenes -- X. The Second Inauguration -- XI. The Assassination of President Lincoln -- XII. Mrs. Lincoln Leaves the White House -- XIII. The Origin of the Rivalry Between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln -- XIV. Old Friends -- XV. The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York -- Appendix. Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:Born into slavery, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (ca. 1824-1907) rose to a position of respect as a talented dressmaker and designer to the political elite of Washington, D.C., and a confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. In this unusual memoir, Keckley offers a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the formal and informal networks that African Americans established among themselves, as well as an insider's perspective of the men who made Civil War politics and the women who influenced them.
