Fanny Kemble

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Fanny Kemble
Engraving of Fanny Kemble from before 1830
Born	Frances Anne Kemble (1809-11-27)November 27, 1809 London, England
Died	January 15, 1893(1893-01-15) (aged 83) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actress, abolitionist and poet
Years active	1827 - c. 1882
Spouse	Pierce Butler ​ (m. 1834)​
Parents	Charles Kemble (father) Marie Therese De Camp (mother)

Frances Anne 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.

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.^[1]