NMLP P-035939 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Elizabeth Keckley · G.W. Carleton & Co. (New York) · 1868

The book's revelations about Mary Todd Lincoln's private life and finances caused controversy immediately on publication

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-035939 for "Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House" by Elizabeth Keckley (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035939, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).