Behind the ScenesTHIRTY YEARS A SLAVE, AND FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.Reading editionChapter navigation20 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…BEHIND THE SCENES.ELIZABETH KECKLEY,THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE, AND FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.PREFACEChapter I · WHERE I WAS BORNChapter II · GIRLHOOD AND ITS SORROWSChapter III · HOW I GAINED MY FREEDOMChapter IV · IN THE FAMILY OF SENATOR JEFFERSON DAVISChapter V · MY INTRODUCTION TO MRS. LINCOLNChapter VI · WILLIE LINCOLN'S DEATH-BEDChapter VII · WASHINGTON IN 1862-3Chapter VIII · CANDID OPINIONSChapter IX · BEHIND THE SCENESChapter X · THE SECOND INAUGURATIONChapter XI · THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLNChapter XII · MRS. LINCOLN LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSEChapter XIII · THE ORIGIN OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN MR. DOUGLAS AND MR. LINCOLNChapter XIV · OLD FRIENDSChapter XV · THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN'S WARDROBE IN NEW YORKLETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY.Previous chapter ←ELIZABETH KECKLEY,Next chapter →PREFACEAll chapters and sections (20)Other sectionsBEHIND THE SCENES.ELIZABETH KECKLEY,THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE, AND FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.PREFACEChapters123456789101112131415Other sectionsLETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY.logoNEW YORK: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. M DCCC LXVIII.◇← ELIZABETH KECKLEY,PREFACE →
