Behind the Scenes. by Elizabeth Keckley. Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House.
- ISBN-10
- 1425539718
- ISBN-13
- 9781425539719
- Category
- Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-09-01
- Publisher
- Scholarly Pub Office Univ of
- Author
- Elizabeth Keckley
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