Behind the Scenes - Softcover

Keckley, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1515041026 ISBN 13: 9781515041023

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Behind the Scenes is an African American history classic by Elizabeth Keckley that details the author's life history including thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House.

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Behind the Scenes: or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years int he White House was first published in 1868 and is considered one of the most candid and poignant slave narratives. Author Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley writes about her teenage years, working as a slave for the Rev. Robert Burwell in Hillsborough, NC. He is thought by many historians to have been Keckley's half-brother. The Burwells had twelve children and ran an academy for girls. She writes about mistreatment and violence visited upon her by Rev. and Mrs. Burwell, and the unwelcome sexual advances and eventual rape by one of the town's white citizens. After Keckley gave birth to a son, she and her baby were sent to live with Burwel's sister.

Review:

Recommended --Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1515041026
• ISBN 13: 9781515041023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152