Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 28 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
LANGUAGE
NOTES
Read by Adenrele Ojo
Keckley's first 30 years were spent as a slave, and the cruelties and injustices of her life are related clearly and succinctly. This enlightening memoir recounts how she was beaten and how she became a dressmaker to support her master and his family, how determined she was to purchase freedom for herself and her son, how her friends in St. Louis came to her aid, how she became Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and close friend, and her perspectives and experiences from her inside view of Lincoln's White House. Keckley emerges as a calm and confident person who speaks of a very tumultuous period of American history
Mode of access: World Wide Web