Name/Title
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839Entry/Object ID
2018.004.1Secondary Title
Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839, by Frances Anne Kemble, Edited, with an Introduction, by John A. ScottDescription
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.
Reprint; originally published (New York: Knopf, 1961), with foreword, editor's introduction and appendices, bibliographical notes, and index.
lxx, 415, viii p. : ill, maps ; 22 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2018.004Source or Donor
Archives/Library Purchases (2018)Acquisition Method
PurchasedCredit Line
Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund PurchaseLexicon
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch 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 customsBook Details
Author
Scott, John Anthony, 1916-2010, Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893Edition
Brown Thrasher ed.Publisher
University of Georgia PressDate Published
1984Call No.
F290 .K32 1984ISBN
9780820307077Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
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Hall BookshelfBuilding
NRH Research RoomCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Relationships
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Notes
2004.009.001, 2004.009.023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Frances Anne Kemble; edited by John A. Scott.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-415) and index.
Replacement copy for damaged copy.Created By
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April 5, 2023