Fanny Kemble's civil wars
A British stage star turned Georgia plantation mistress, Fanny Kemble is perhaps best remembered as a critic of slavery--and an influential opponent of this institution during the years leading up to the Civil War. By the mid-1830s, American society was firmly in the grip of Kemble's celebrity...
Main Author: | Clinton, Catherine, 1952- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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Edition: | Oxford University Press pbk. |
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Table of Contents:
- Enter Fanny Kemble
- O brave new world
- Not so somber airs
- Transatlantic currents
- The war over slavery
- Fighting for her rights
- Battle cries for freedom
- Lost causes
- Peace and remembrance.