Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation

✅ Kemble, a British ​🇬🇧​ actress and ➕ authoress, was introduced to American ​🇺🇸​ slavery with her 👤👩⬅️ marriage to Pierce Butler, grandson of one 1️⃣ 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 (1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣3️⃣), 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 (1️⃣8️⃣0️⃣9️⃣-1️⃣8️⃣9️⃣3️⃣), 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 (1️⃣8️⃣7️⃣8️⃣) and ➕ Records ⏺️ of Later Life 🧬 (1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣2️⃣).

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