Behind the Scenes / or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House

Contents

Preface	3
Chapter I. Where I was born	7
Chapter II. Girlhood and its Sorrows	13
Chapter III. How I gained my Freedom	19
Chapter IV. In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis	28
Chapter V. My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln	34
Chapter VI. Willie Lincoln's Death-bed	41
Chapter VII. Washington in 1862-3	50
Chapter VIII. Candid Opinions	57
Chapter IX. Behind the Scenes	62
Chapter X. The Second Inauguration	68
Chapter XI. The Assassination of President Lincoln	77
Chapter XII. Mrs. Lincoln leaves the White House	89
Chapter XIII. The Origin of the Rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln	101
Chapter XIV. Old Friends	106
Chapter XV. The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York	119
Appendix --Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley	147

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