{"product_id":"threads-of-freedom-9798233486029","title":"Threads of Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dianna Aubin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dianna Aubin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dianna Aubin\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into slavery in 1818, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly was recorded not as a daughter, not as a dreamer, but as property.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet from the smallest scraps of fabric and the quiet discipline of a needle and thread, she began stitching a future no ledger could contain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough years of hardship, endurance, and relentless labor, Elizabeth purchased her freedom and that of her son. In Washington, D.C., her extraordinary skill as a dressmaker carried her into the White House itself, where she became the trusted dressmaker and confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln during the most turbulent years in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the nation fractured in Civil War, Elizabeth stood at the intersection of power and pain; witnessing private grief behind public leadership, organizing aid for newly freed people, and ultimately claiming her own voice through the written word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThreads of Freedom is the powerful story of a woman who refused invisibility. A woman who turned skill into independence, proximity into purpose, and silence into testimony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom slavery to the halls of the White House, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly stitched herself into the fabric of a nation; and history is still learning to say her name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dianna Aubin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47570354438295,"sku":"9798233486029","price":922.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233486029.webp?v=1774881520","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/threads-of-freedom-9798233486029","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}