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Civil War Book Group: Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 38.306053, -77.460648
Meet at Fredericksburg Branch of Central Rappahannock Regional Library (1201 Caroline St, Fredericksburg, VA, 22401)
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Thursday April 7, 2022, 6pm-7:30pm
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Welcome to the Civil War Book Group!
After years of conflict over the institution of slavery, the Civil War would be the turning point that set the course of the United States into the 20th century and beyond. Join us on the first Thursday of each month as we explore the meaning of the Civil War and how the past has shaped who we are today through a diverse selection of narratives, novels, and histories. In partnership with the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.
For April:
Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years A Slave and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley
6pm-7:30pm
Meet at Fredericksburg Library Branch (1201 Caroline St., Fredericksburg)
Elizabeth Keckley's memoir follows her life from her birth into slavery to her position as seamstress for Mary Todd Lincoln during the Civil War. Causing a sensation upon its publication, Keckley breached the divide between private and public life, and in doing so, provided one of the most intimate portrait of the Lincolns ever published.
This work is in the public domain, available in print, and online:
Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House - Free Ebook (gutenberg.org)
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