Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, Volumen 1

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Harper & Brothers, 1863 - 337 páginas
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.

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