Records of a Girlhood

'Records of a Girlhood' is the riveting autobiography of Fanny Kemble, a British actress from a famous theater family who became a prominent writer and abolitionist in the 19th century. Her memoirs, poetry, and travel writing captivated readers, but it was her journal documenting the conditions of enslaved people on her husband's plantations in the Sea Islands that cemented her historical importance. Through her firsthand accounts and growing abolitionist sentiments, Kemble sheds light on the harsh realities of slavery and the moral imperative to end it.