She was not a slave-- she was enslaved. Please stop saying people were slaves. They were not they were mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers. Real People. They were enslaved held against their will.

Ms. Elizabeth Keckley raised monies for black soldiers and thier families which President Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln donated money. Mrs Lincoln was left to fend for herself after her husband's assassination; Elizabeth Keckley along with Frederick Douglas and his wife raised money from COLOREDS for Mary. she declined the offer then came back begging after she hit rock bottom. Mr Frederick Douglass and his organization then refused to help which angered and Embarrassed Tod Lincoln. Mrs Keckley lived lavishly with her dress shop and turned down dress making offers for Eliza Johnsons . /

At 9:15 their friendship was not broken over the book-- broken over donating items to Wilberforce.