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

2018.004.1

Secondary Title

Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839, by Frances Anne Kemble, Edited, with an Introduction, by John A. Scott

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. 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 Library

Acquisition

Accession

2018.004

Source or Donor

Archives/Library Purchases (2018)

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund Purchase

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

Book Details

Author

Scott, John Anthony, 1916-2010, Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

Edition

Brown Thrasher ed.

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Place Published

Location

Athens, GA

Date Published

1984

Call No.

F290 .K32 1984

ISBN

9780820307077

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Shelf

Hall Bookshelf

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.009.001, 2004.009.023

General 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.

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Create Date

May 2, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023