TY - BOOK AU - Kemble,Fanny TI - Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation: 1838-1839 AV - F206 PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 -- Diaries KW - Slavery -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century KW - Plantation life -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century KW - Plantation owners' spouses -- Georgia -- Diaries KW - Georgia -- Social life and customs N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_a_Residence_on_a_Georgian_Plantation_in_1838%E2%80%931839; Release date is 2004-05-01; Produced by Pauline, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. With thanks to the Ryan Memorial Library of the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation: 1838-1839" by Fanny Kemble is an account written in 1838-1839 but published in 1863. English actress Kemble documented her experiences on her husband's Georgia plantation, where hundreds were enslaved. Initially appreciating plantation life except for slavery itself, she grew increasingly horrified by the system's brutality. Her conversations with enslaved people and failed attempts to intercede revealed the devastating realities of bondage. Published during the Civil War to sway British opinion against the Confederacy, her journal became a powerful abolitionist document. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12422 ER -