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Keckley was a former slave who became a successful Washington, D.C., dressmaker - and a confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. This intimate bond allowed her to witness the happy times as well as the tragic events that unfolded within the Lincoln White House. A remarkable firsthand narrative of both African-American and Civil War history.Keckley, Elizabeth is the author of 'Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House Memoirs of an African-american Seamstress', published 2006 under ISBN 9780486451220 and ISBN 0486451224.
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