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Fanny Kemble: Husband
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As a resolute abolitionist, Fanny Kemble was unwise to marry a slave-owner. Since she came from a family of strong women — her aunt was the formidable tragedienne Sarah Siddons - and was herself headstrong and self-willed, she expected to convert her husband. She failed, but succeeded in the wider world when, at the height of the American Civil War, she published her most famous work, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, and helped turn the tide of English public opinion against the slave-owning South.
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This program presents the dramatic readings by Anne O'Connell of excerpts from famous British stage actress Fanny Kemble's diary entries while she was married to a Georgia slave owner. Kemble's almost native British antagonism to slavery put her immediately at odds with her husband. Her insistence of hearing the tribulations of the slaves, her eyewitnessing of the horrific scenes on the Sea Island plantation her husband owned, led to her writing of the events and publishing them, forcing the divorce of the couple. Notes: Directed by Gary R. Moss. Produced by Moss and Robin Reidy. Camera by Lee Blasingame.
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Kemble's extraordinary exploits inspired acclaim in the 19th century and two dozen books, but her legacy had dimmed at the approach of the new millennium. So much so that the ENSLAVEMENT husband-wffe producing team of Susan Cooper and Paul Taublieb had never heard of her until they received a treatment from an Illinois college professor.
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