My old mistress encouraged me in rocking the cradle, by telling me that if I would watch over the baby well, keep the flies out of its face, and not let it cry, I should be its little maid. This was a ...

THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NFL HALL OF FAMER DARREL GREEN AND WASHINGTON COMMANDERS WIDE RECIEVER K.J. OSBORN SHARE HOW ELIZABETH KECKLEY WENT FROM SLAVERY TO THE WHITE HOUSE AS ONE OF THE NATION'S ...

This portrait depicts Mary Jane Hale Welles, wife of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, in a funeral dress. The dress is said to have been sewn and designed by Elizabeth Keckley for the funeral of ...

"A catalogue of books issued by G.W. Carleton & Co. ... 1868": p. [1]-8 at end "The New York Printing Company ... New York"--Verso of t.p Author's name appears after "scenes" on t.p Authorship has ...

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