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Lot 202
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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KECKLEY, Elizabeth (1818-1907). Behind the Scenes. Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1868.
8vo (185 x 120 mm). Portrait frontispiece; 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Rebound in modern green cloth, original green cloth covers and spine laid down; modern green cloth slipcase and chemise.
FRIST EDITION of Keckley's narrative of her time spent as Mary Todd Lincoln's personal modiste and confidante. She became an activist, founding the Contraband Relief Association in August 1862. The organization received donations from the Lincolns and other patrons, and changed its name in 1864 to the Ladies' Freedmen and Soldier's Relief Association to better reflect its expanded mission.