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Behind the Scenes. 143
more chickens, and a garden. Whoever visits
the Freedmen's Village now in the vicinity of
Washington will discover all of these evidences
of prosperity and happiness. The 'schools are
objects of much interest. Good teachers, white
and colored, are employed, and whole brigades
of bright-eyed dusky children are there taught the
common branches of education. These children
are studious, and the teachers inform me that
their advancement is rapid. I number among
my personal friends twelve colored girls employed as teachers in the schools at Washington.
The Colored Mission Sabbath School, established
through the influence of Gen. Brown at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, is always an
object of great interest to the residents of the
Capital, as well as to the hundreds of strangers
visiting the city.
In 1864 the receptions again commenced at the
White House. For the first two years of Mr.
Lincoln's administration, the President selected a
| Title | Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House |
| Creator | Keckley, Elizabeth |
| Publisher | G.W. Carleton & Co. |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1868 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000148 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Behind the Scenes. 143 more chickens, and a garden. Whoever visits the Freedmen's Village now in the vicinity of Washington will discover all of these evidences of prosperity and happiness. The 'schools are objects of much interest. Good teachers, white and colored, are employed, and whole brigades of bright-eyed dusky children are there taught the common branches of education. These children are studious, and the teachers inform me that their advancement is rapid. I number among my personal friends twelve colored girls employed as teachers in the schools at Washington. The Colored Mission Sabbath School, established through the influence of Gen. Brown at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, is always an object of great interest to the residents of the Capital, as well as to the hundreds of strangers visiting the city. In 1864 the receptions again commenced at the White House. For the first two years of Mr. Lincoln's administration, the President selected a |
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