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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Behind the Scenes, by Elizabeth Keckley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House Author: Elizabeth Keckley Release Date: March 31, 2008 [EBook #24968] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEHIND THE SCENES *** Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ELIZABETH KECKLEY Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House * * * * * Contents BEHIND THE SCENES Preface 3 Chapter I. Where I was born 7 Chapter II. Girlhood and its Sorrows 13 Chapter III. How I gained my Freedom 19 Chapter IV. In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis 28 Chapter V. My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln 34 Chapter VI. Willie Lincoln's Death-bed 41 Chapter VII. Washington in 1862-3 50 Chapter VIII. Candid Opinions 57 Chapter IX. Behind the Scenes 62 Chapter X. The Second Inauguration 68 Chapter XI. The Assassination of President Lincoln 77 Chapter XII. Mrs. Lincoln leaves the White House 89 Chapter XIII. The Origin of the Rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincol 101 Chapter XIV. Old Friends 106 Chapter XV. The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York 119 Appendix--Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley 147 * * * * * BEHIND THE SCENES. BY ELIZABETH KECKLEY, FORMERLY A SLAVE, BUT MORE RECENTLY MODISTE, AND FRIEND TO MRS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. OR, THIRTY YEARS A SL
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