Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839 /
by Frances Anne Kemble.

Description

Main Author

Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

Related Names

Stowe, Lyman Beecher, 1880-1963, former owner.
Harper & Brothers

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Harper & Bros., 1863.

Subjects

Kemble, Fanny, > Kemble, Fanny, / 1809-1893 > Kemble, Fanny, / 1809-1893 / Diaries.
Life Style > Life Style / history
Social Conditions > Social Conditions / history
Plantation life > Plantation life / Georgia.
Enslaved persons > Enslaved persons / Social conditions
Slavery > Slavery / Georgia
Georgia > Georgia / Social life and customs
Diaries.
Publishers' catalogs.
Publishers' advertisements.

Summary

Fanny Kemble was a famous British actress. She married Pierce Butler in 1834 and moved to Georgia with her husband when he inherited a plantation from his grandfather. This diary was recorded during her stay on the plantation and was circulated among abolitionists prior to the Civil War. The diary was published in both England and America after the outbreak of the war. She left her husband in the Spring of 1839 and they were divorced in 1849. She returned to England in 1877 where she remained until her death.

Note

Advertisements: p. [1]-7, last group.

Physical Description

337, 7 p. ; 19 cm.

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