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Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
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Preface
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According to the Preface, why did Keckley finally agree to write her life story?
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Friends had long urged her to, since her life had been such an eventful one
B
She wanted to profit from wartime nostalgia for the Lincoln White House
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Mrs. Lincoln commissioned her to write it as a legal defense
D
A publisher offered her a large advance she could not refuse
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