Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839
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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839 (the Journal) is an account by Fanny Kemble of the time spent on her husband's plantation in Butler Island, Georgia. The account was not published until 1863, after her marriage had ended and the American Civil War had begun. According to PBS, she decided to publish it then "in response to England's hostility toward the North and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation."
Kemble was already notable in her own right both before and after the publication of the Journal, but it represents her "lasting historical importance."