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Elizabeth Keckley

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Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley was a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

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Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
Elizabeth Keckley
Elizabeth Keckley
Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White House
Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White House
Elizabeth Keckley
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
Elizabeth Keckley
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume
UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume
100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Elizabeth Keckley
Taking the Chains Off - Testimonies and Narratives of Former Slaves
Taking the Chains Off - Testimonies and Narratives of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Most Influential Memoirs Of Former Slaves
The Most Influential Memoirs Of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
Breaking the Chains
Breaking the Chains
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Elizabeth Keckley, Olaudah Equiano, Willie Lynch, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson
Slave Narratives Mega Collection. 18 of the Most Moving & Telling Memoirs. Illustrated
Slave Narratives Mega Collection. 18 of the Most Moving & Telling Memoirs. Illustrated
Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Elizabeth Keckley, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, Charles Ball, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Lucy A. Delaney, William Robinson, Thomas H. Jones, Annie L. Burton, Old Elizabeth, Lunsford Lane, L.S. Thompson
Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
Elizabeth Keckley
Nos bastidores
Nos bastidores
Elizabeth Keckley
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
Vozes da liberdade
Vozes da liberdade
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, Olive Gilbert

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