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Born into slavery, Elizabeth Keckley’s story is one of perseverance and ingenuity in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
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As an African American businesswoman and philanthropist, Keckley defied stereotypes and redefined what an African American woman could accomplish in the Nineteenth Century.
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (also spelled Keckly) was born in February in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
Her mother, Agnes (Aggy) Hobbs, was an enslaved woman on Colonel Armistead Burwell’s plantation. Col. Burwell was also Keckley’s biological father, and it is likely Col. Burwell and Hobbs’s relationship was non-consensual. The Burwells never recognized Keckley’s parentage and frequently beat her as a child.
Aggy’s husband, George Pleasant Hobbs, was an enslaved man on a nearby plantation. George was devoted to Keckley and regarded her as his daughter.
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Keckley, likewise, regarded George as her father. As a form of resistance to enslavement, Aggy gave Keckley George’s last name.
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