![]() ![]() Lincoln (who was ridiculed by many at the time following the “old clothes scandal”), Keckley was crucified in the press upon its publication. Although Keckley intended this narrative as a defense of both herself and Mrs. This is the autobiography of a freed slave named Elizabeth Keckley who spent four years as Mary Todd Lincoln’s personal dressmaker and was her close friend and confidant. This copy boldly signed by the publisher, G.W. Octavo, original green cloth.įirst edition of this narrative of a freed slave who went on to become an intimate friend of Mary Todd Lincoln and work as a dressmaker in the White House. Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. FIRST EDITION OF BEHIND THE SCENES OR, THIRTY YEARS AS A SLAVE AND FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER ![]()
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