Life in the 1800s - "Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838 - 1839" and "Extracts from Letters and Other Pieces by Margaret Jackson"

Updated March 27: These two books have been sold.  The first book listed here is of particular interest. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839 is an account by Fanny Kemble of the time spent on her husband's plantation in Butler Island, Georgia. The account was not published until 1863, after her marriage had ended and the American Civil War had begun. According to PBS, she decided to publish it then "in response to England's hostility toward the North and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation." Kemble was already notable in her own right both before and after the publication of the Journal, but it represents her "lasting historical importance." . . . The Journal documents Kemble's initial experiences of appreciating aspects of plantation life with the exception of "the one small thing of 'the slavery'" and her growing horror with the system. She writes about conversations with enslaved people and her attempts to intercede with her husband on behalf of the people