Fanny Kemble
Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing, and works about the theatre.
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Engraving of Fanny Kemble from before 1830 | |
| Born | Frances Anne Kemble November 27, 1809 London, England |
| Died | January 15, 1893 (aged 83) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, abolitionist and poet |
| Years active | 1827 - c. 1882 |
| Spouse |
Pierce Butler (m. 1834) |
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Kemble's "lasting historical importance...derives from the private journal she kept during her time in the Sea Islands" on her husband's plantations, where she wrote a journal documenting the conditions of the slaves on the plantation and her growing abolitionist feelings. She was also an early adopter of spoken word performances combined with music.
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