How Long to Read Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839

How Long Does it Take to Read Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 by Frances Kemble

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Description

The following diary was kept in the winter and spring of 1838-9, on an estate consisting of rice and cotton plantations, in the islands at the entrance of the Altamaha, on the coast of Georgia. The slaves in whom I then had an unfortunate interest were sold some years ago. The islands themselves are at present in the power of the Northern troops. The record contained in the following pages is a picture of conditions of human existence which I hope and believe have passed away. LONDON: January 16, 1863. Originally published in 1863, out-of-print and unavailable for almost a century, Frances Anne Kemble's Journal has long been recognized by historians as unique in the literature of American slavery and invaluable for obtaining a clear view of the "peculiar institution" and of life in the antebellum South.Fanny Kemble was one of the leading lights of the English stage in the nineteenth century. During a tour of America in the 1830s she met and married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Butler, part of whose fortune derived from his family's vast cotton and rice plantation on the Sea Islands of Georgia. After their marriage she spent several months living on the plantation. Profoundly shocked by what she saw, she recorded her observations of plantation life in a series of journal entries written as letters to a friend. But she never sent the letters, and not until the Civil War was on and Fanny was divorced from Pierce Butler and living in England were they published.

How long is Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839?

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 by Frances Kemble is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 aloud.

What Reading Level is Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839?

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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