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

Name/Title

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

Entry/Object ID

2010.002.093

Description

A personal account of life among slaves and slave holders and observations of plantation life. The diary was kept in the winter and spring of 1838-9, on an estate consisting of rice and cotton plantations, in the islands at the entrance of the Altamaha, on the coast of Georgia.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2010.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2010)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893--Diaries, Slavery--Georgia--History--19th century, Plantation life--Georgia--History--19th century, Plantation owners' spouses--Georgia--Diaries, Georgia--Social life and customs, United States Local History Georgia

Location

Location

Shelf

Hall Bookshelf

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Frances Anne Kemble ; edited, with an introduction, by John A. Scott. "Brown Thrasher books." Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1961. Includes bibliographical references ([406]-415) and index.

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Create Date

December 29, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023