Frances Anne Kemble; (1809-1893) referred to as Fanny; was a famous British actress and author in the early to mid nineteenth century. As a member of the famous Kemble theatrical family; she first appeared on stage as Juliet at Covent Garden. She played many principal womens parts; notably Portia; Beatrice and Lady Teazle. She retired from the stage in 1834 to marry Pierce Butler; grandson of the Founding Father; Pierce Butler. He had inherited his grandfathers sea island plantations and the several hundred slaves who worked them in Georgia; where Fanny accompanied him during the winter of 1838-39. Fanny was shocked by the conditions of the slaves and their treatment. She eventually left the plantations and divorced Butler in 1849. In 1863; Fanny published an account of her plantation experience; "Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation"; in a very successful attempt to influence British public opinion against the Confederate states. This piece circulated among abolitionists prior to the American Ci
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