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

Kemble, afterwards Butler, Frances Anne · 1863 · Scanned text

115,899 words · about 8 h 7 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PDM · British Library Digitised Books dataset db14 (doi 10.21250/db14) marks the OCR texts CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 (c. 1510-c. 1900 publications); text+metadata JSONL release doi 10.23636/r7w6-zy15 is CC0 1.0. Public Domain Mark is a status label, not a new copyright licence. · Digitised by the British Library (with Microsoft). Text: British Library Digitised Books, CC Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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Author
Kemble, afterwards Butler, Frances Anne
Language
English
Published
1863
Length
115,899 words · about 8 h 7 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (3)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Preface about 7 h 11 min
  3. Appendix about 55 min
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Front matter

RESIDENCE ON A GEORGIAN PLANTATION. In the press, by the same Author, complete in One Volume, AN ENGLISH TRAGEDY: A PLAY, IN FIVE ACTS. MARY STUART. TRANSLATED FROM SCHILLER. A PLAY, IN FIVE ACTS. MLLE. DE BELLISLE. TRANSLATED FROM DUMAS. A PLAY, IN FIVE ACTS. JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE ON A GEORGIAN PLANTATION IN 1838—1839. By FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE. SLAVEBY THE CHIEF CORNER STONE. 'This atone (Slavery), which was rejected by the first builders, is become the chief stone of tlie corner in our new edifice.'— Speech 0/ Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States r delivered March 21, 1861. LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN. 1863. LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISTVO O DE AND 00. XEW-STREET 8QUAIIE TO ELIZABETH DWIGHT SEDG-WICK THIS JOURNAL, ORIGINALLY KEPT FOR HER, IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

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