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are based on what other slaves told her. Individuals sometimes relied on hearsay accounts of their paternity, although
European ancestry was visible. The mulatto Renty, for example, was "ashamed" to ask his mother about the identity of his father. He believed he was the son of Roswell King Jr. because "Mr. C's children told me so, and I 'spect they know it." John Couper, the Scottish-born owner of a rival plantation adjacent to Pierce Butler's Hampton Point on St. Simon's Island, had marked disagreements with the Roswell Kings. Clinton suggests that Kemble favored Couper's accounts.
297:. Fanny was born in London and educated chiefly in France. In 1821, Fanny Kemble departed to boarding school in Paris to study art and music as befitted the child of the most celebrated artistic family in England at that time. In addition to literature and society, at Mrs. Lamb's Academy in the Rue d'Angoulême, Champs Elysées, Fanny received her first real personal exposure to the stage performing staged readings for students' parents during her time at school. As an adolescent, Kemble spent time studying literature and poetry, in particular the work of Lord Byron.
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K was the father." Roswell King Jr. was no longer employed by her husband when Pierce Butler and Kemble began their short residency in
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Queen. It was Sully's daughter, Blanch Sully, who first suggested to him that Kemble resembled the Queen. The popular perception of Queen
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Roswell King Jr. on more than a few occasions, and none that she knew his wife, the former Julia Rebecca Maxwell. But she criticized Maxwell as "a female fiend" because a slave named Sophy told her that Mrs. King had ordered the flogging of Judy and Scylla, "of whose children Mr.
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England. The couple married in 1871, and their one child, Alice Leigh, was born in 1874. An attempt was made to run Frances's father's plantations there with free labour, but no profit could be made. Leaving Georgia in 1877, they moved permanently to England. Frances Butler Leigh defended her
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While Kemble's account of the plantations has been criticised, it is seen as notable for voicing the slaves, especially enslaved black women, and has been drawn on by many historians. As noted earlier, her daughter published a rebuttal account. Margaret Davis Cate published a strong critique in the
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Kemble retired from her acting career upon her marriage in 1834, but after her separation, she returned to acting as a solo platform performer, beginning her first
American tour in 1849. During her readings, she rose to focus on presenting edited works of Shakespeare, though, unlike others, she
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Frances, who had moved there with her British husband and child. Using her maiden name, Kemble lived there until her death. During this period, she was a prominent and popular figure in London society and became a great friend of the
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Butler filed for a divorce in 1847, after they had been separated for some time, citing abandonment and misdeed by Kemble. The couple endured a bitter and protracted divorce in 1849, with Butler retaining custody of their two daughters. Other than brief visits, Kemble was not reunited with her
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to witness the revolutionary technology of the first commercial railroad in the United States. She had previously accompanied George Stephenson on a test of the Liverpool and Manchester before its opening in England and described this in a letter written in early 1830. The
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According to Encyclopedia.com, Kemble's "lasting historical importance...derives from the private journal she kept during her time in the Sea Islands", documenting the conditions of the slaves on the plantation and her growing abolitionist feelings.
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insisted on representing his entire canon, ultimately building her repertoire to 25 of his plays. She performed in Britain and the United States, concluding her career as a platform performer in 1868.
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since she was 16. Rowden was an engaging teacher with a particular enthusiasm for the theatre. She was not only a poet but according to
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slave children attributed to the overseer, Roswell King Jr. Butler disapproved of Kemble's outspokenness, forbidding her to publish.
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father in the continuing post-war dispute over slavery as an institution. Based on her experience, Leigh published
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daughters if she published any of her observations about the plantations.
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whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs,
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Fanny's other daughter Frances met James Leigh in Georgia. He was a
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Principles and Privilege: Two Women's Lives on a Georgia Plantation
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Margaret Davis Cate, "Mistakes in Fanny Kemble's Georgia Journal",
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Kemble's "lasting historical importance...derives from the private
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published an edited compilation from her journals. These included
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Major Butler's Legacy: Five Generations of a Slaveholding Family
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compatible with opposing slavery and outrage at its cruelties.
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Some recent biographies that focus on Kemble's role as an
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1706:, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2007, p. 162.
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Affectionately Yours, Fanny: Fanny Kemble and the Theatre
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in Georgia in 1867. Neither Butler nor Kemble remarried.
2017:, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1933
1633:. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. p. 147.
1608:. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. p. 140.
1583:. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. p. 142.
1558:. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. p. 140.
896:(2 vols., London, 1835; Philadelphia and Boston, 1835)
312:, "she had a knack of making poetesses of her pupils"
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1306:. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. pp.
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771:, appeared in eight editions between 1945 and 1947.
726:(2007) and Vanessa Dickerson's passage on Kemble in
2111:, Hartford, Conn.: S. M. Betts & Company, 1868.
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408:of his grandfather on Butler Island, just south of
379:was among many sights she recorded in her journal.
304:(1774 – c. 1840), who had been associated with the
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1452:. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
1279:. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
1178:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.
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1126:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.
1975:, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2007
843:Open Collections Program: Women Working 1800–1930
2097:, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994
2091:Ten Years on a Georgian Plantation since the War
1931:, Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1987
640:Ten Years on a Georgian Plantation since the War
2259:19th-century English dramatists and playwrights
875:Further Records, 1848–1883: a series of letters
693:in 1960. In the early 21st century, historians
315:In 1827, Kemble wrote her first five-act play,
2086:Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
1428:"Great Auction of Slaves at Savannah, Georgia"
2107:James Parton, "Mrs. Frances Anne Kemble," in
1017:(1999), a made-for-TV movie adapted from her
908:(London and Philadelphia, 1844; Boston, 1859)
8:
2197:"Archival material relating to Fanny Kemble"
1886:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
1232:Female Playwrights of the Nineteenth Century
1035:, directed and created by Peter Hinton with
958:, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
642:(1883), a rebuttal to her mother's account.
2181:Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
1857:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
1795:Fanny Kemble: Actress, Author, Abolitionist
1523:Brown; Clements; Grundy, eds. (2006–2018).
1332:"Largest Slave Auction in American History"
1014:Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
740:Fanny Kemble: Actress, Author, Abolitionist
285:. She was a niece of the noted tragedienne
2219:The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor
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1544:, Part I, A–K. Jarndyce, Bloomsbury, 2019.
293:. Her younger sister was the opera singer
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1952:. Cambridge University Press: 2006–2018.
2304:English women dramatists and playwrights
1917:, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938
890:, a drama (London, 1832; New York, 1833)
467:daughters until each came of age at 21.
60:of all important aspects of the article.
1996:, Urbana: University of Illinois, 2008
1509:, Harper and Brothers, New York, 1863,
1175:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1123:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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1070:History of slavery in the United States
541:, in 1835, shortly after her marriage.
2133:An Inventory of the Collection at the
56:Please consider expanding the lead to
27:English actress and writer (1809–1893)
902:, a drama (London and New York, 1837)
852:. New York: Harper & Bros, 1863;
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2221:marking her birthday on 27 November.
2032:. Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd.
1915:Fanny Kemble: A Passionate Victorian
1775:Fanny Kemble: A Passionate Victorian
1277:Fanny Kemble : a performed life
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924:Notes on Some of Shakespeare's Plays
736:Fanny Kemble: A Passionate Victorian
595:Notes on Some of Shakespeare's Plays
2047:Fanny Kemble: A Reluctant Celebrity
954:Edited and with an Introduction by
697:and Deirdre David studied Kemble's
513:during her later years. His novel,
2274:19th-century English women writers
1407:. New York: Simon & Schuster.
1251:. New York: Simon & Schuster.
877:. London: R. Bentley and Son, 1890
865:. London: R. Bentley and Son, 1878
544:She waited until 1863, during the
474:, at Ten Broeck racetrack outside
257:performances combined with music.
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871:. New York: H. Holt and Co., 1882
2344:People from Lenox, Massachusetts
2339:Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
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1764:Kemble, pp. 265–267 and 391–392.
1387:. Tallahassee: South Pass Press.
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576:. Other memoirs followed these:
95:Painting of Fanny Kemble in 1834
34:
2309:British Shakespearean actresses
2068:. University of Georgia Press.
1948:Clements Brown and Grundy, ed.
734:(1933) by Leota Stultz Driver,
238:, and works about the theatre.
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48:may be too short to adequately
2254:19th-century English actresses
2140:Works by or about Fanny Kemble
1817:. New York: Dial Press, 1982.
1450:Fanny Kemble: a performed life
1334:. 21 July 2013. Archived from
1161:. New York: Macmillan Company.
1088:Wilson Kimber, Marian (2017).
965:edited by Murray (reissued by
738:(1939) by Margaret Armstrong,
548:, to publish her anti-slavery
58:provide an accessible overview
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2264:19th-century English diarists
2064:Kemble, Frances Anne (1984).
1777:. New York: Macmillan, 1939.
1531:. Cambridge University Press.
1477:. 20 January 1855. p. 8.
1383:Wister, Fanny Kemble (1972).
984:. Longman Green (reissued by
742:(1967) by Winifred Wise, and
611:Records of Later Life (1882).
164:
2324:British women travel writers
2166:at History of American Women
1959:Georgia Historical Quarterly
1898:"Stage Door - 404 Not Found"
1192:UK public library membership
1153:Armstrong, Margaret (1938).
1140:UK public library membership
829:Resources in other libraries
805:Resources in other libraries
690:Georgia Historical Quarterly
269:Fanny Kemble as a young girl
2155:(public domain audiobooks)
1475:Cambridge Independent Press
1401:Clinton, Catherine (2000).
1245:Clinton, Catherine (2000).
1234:. London: Orion Publishing.
1230:Scullion, Adrienne (1996).
730:(2008). Earlier works were
306:Reading Abbey Girls' School
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2269:19th-century English poets
2189:; based on Fanny Kemble's
2183:(TV movie, 2000), IMDB.com
2028:Gibbs, Henry (1945–1947).
1973:Kemble: 'A Performed Life'
1968:, Simon and Schuster, 2000
1797:. New York: Putnam, 1967.
986:Cambridge University Press
967:Cambridge University Press
839:Harvard University Library
2171:Women Working, 1870–1930,
2131:Theater Arts Manuscripts:
2045:Jenkins, Rebecca (2005).
1966:Fanny Kemble's Civil Wars
1404:Fanny Kemble's civil wars
1248:Fanny Kemble's civil wars
1043:, Canada, Ontario, (2006)
824:Resources in your library
800:Resources in your library
414:grandfather's plantations
359:Richard Brinsley Sheridan
88:
2334:British women memoirists
2174:Fanny Kemble (1809–1893)
2049:. Simon & Schuster.
1860:. New York: D. Appleton.
1704:Kemble: A Performed Life
1692:New Georgia Encyclopedia
952:Fanny Kemble's Journals,
603:Harvard University Press
527:Kemble wrote two plays,
300:One of her teachers was
289:and of the famous actor
261:Early life and education
2314:Victorian women writers
2294:English stage actresses
1883:Encyclopædia Britannica
1851:"Kemble, Charles"
1448:David, Deirdre (2007).
1275:David, Deirdre (2007).
961:Kemble, Fanny. (1835).
472:The Great Slave Auction
302:Frances Arabella Rowden
281:-born wife, the former
245:during her time in the
2299:English travel writers
2089:Frances Butler Leigh,
1992:Vanessa D. Dickerson,
1737:Bell, pp. 254 and 271.
1686:8 October 2012 at the
1438:, Library of Congress.
1300:Gentile, John (1989).
1184:10.1093/ref:odnb/59581
1132:10.1093/ref:odnb/15318
980:Kemble, Fanny (1863).
462:Separation and divorce
364:The School for Scandal
350:Much Ado about Nothing
270:
2284:English abolitionists
2279:Actresses from London
2149:Works by Fanny Kemble
2122:Works by Fanny Kemble
2013:Leota Stultz Driver,
1629:Engel, Laura (2011).
1604:Engel, Laura (2011).
1579:Engel, Laura (2011).
1554:Engel, Laura (2011).
1529:orlando.cambridge.org
1490:Retrieved 2017-05-05.
930:Far Away and Long Ago
912:A Year of Consolation
869:Records of Later Life
586:Far Away and Long Ago
582:Records of Later Life
578:Records of a Girlhood
570:Alexandre Dumas, père
563:A Year of Consolation
435:flavored strongly by
337:Covent Garden Theatre
283:Marie Therese De Camp
268:
211:Marie Therese De Camp
2201:UK National Archives
1913:Margaret Armstrong,
1773:Margaret Armstrong,
1473:"Mrs Fanny Kemble".
881:Other publications:
863:Record of a Girlhood
607:Record of a Girlhood
503:Lenox, Massachusetts
310:Mary Russell Mitford
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