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Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Written by Elizabeth Keckley
Narrated by Adenrele Ojo
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This memoir not only offers an intimate look into the enslaved and free life of Elizabeth Keckley but also the lives of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Elizabeth Keckley
Elizabeth Keckley was born into slavery in Virginia, moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where she earned enough money to free herself and her son, and then moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for prominent Washington women, including Mary Todd Lincoln. Sadly, she spent her final years in the Home for Destitute Women and Children, which she had helped to establish.
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