Diary of an Anti-Slavery Plantation Daughter - Fanny Kemble | Georgia Stories

Описание к видео Diary of an Anti-Slavery Plantation Daughter - Fanny Kemble | Georgia Stories

On this episode of Georgia Stories; according to Georgia historian Melanie Pavich-Lindsay, the Butler family came to Georgia from South Carolina and eventually amassed plantations and hundreds of slaves on St. Simons Island. Fanny Kemble was very troubled by slavery and wrote of her Georgia experiences in her diary, Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1838-1839. It became quite famous in Great Britain and northern states for its antislavery message.

Original Air Date: 02/12/1995

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