Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House

by Elizabeth Keckley

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Where I Was Born
3. Girlhood and Its Sorrows
4. How I Gained My Freedom
5. In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis
6. My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln
7. Willie Lincoln's Death-Bed
8. Washington in 1862-3
9. Candid Opinions
10. Behind the Scenes
11. The Second Inauguration
12. The Assassination of President Lincoln
13. Mrs. Lincoln Leaves the White House
14. The Origin of the Rivalry Between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln
15. Old Friends
16. The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York
17. Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley

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