Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 (Classic Reprint)

Frances Anne Kemble

Children's Books

Forgotten Books

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839

History

Americas

Random House, Inc.

Journal of a Residence on a Residence on a Georgian Plantation

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Beehive Press

Kemble, a British actress and authoress, was introduced to American slavery with her marriage to Pierce Butler, grandson of one of the largest slaveholders in Georgia. When Butler came into his inheritance, he and his new wife moved to their plantation, where Kemble quickly became appalled at the cruelty of the peculiar institution. In her most popular book, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation (1863), she chronicles her observations and arguments against slavery and the inhuman treatment of blacks in America. Her journal became a popular work of abolitionist writing, and she donated some of the money from its publication to the cause of ending slavery. Students of history will be intrigued by this firsthand account of life on a plantation in the decades before the American Civil War. British actress and writer FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE (1809-1893), a member of the Kemble theatrical family, was an outspoken abolitionist and later in life became an inspiration to author Henry James. Her most popular books are Records of a Girlhood (1878) and Records of Later Life (1882).

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Cosimo Inc

Submitted for the approval of her curious and loving public, Records of a Girlhood (1878) is actress Frances Kemble's attempt to tell her own story. A member of the theatrical Kemble family and the subject of much of the era's celebrity tattle, she jokingly concluded that she would rather gossip about herself than have others do it for her.   Based on her personal letters of 40 years, this charming work recounts for Kemble's fans what she hopes will be an entertaining, if not, poignant life of an independent woman making her way in the Victorian era.   British author FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE (1809-1893) was an outspoken abolitionist and later in life became an inspiration to author Henry James. Her most popular books are Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation (1863) and Records of Later Life (1882).

Records of a Girlhood

Arts & Literature

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