In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.

as plantation manager in 1820 and he was kept on by the estate and Pierce (Mease) Butler. They spent the winter of 1838–39 at the plantations and Kemble kept a diary of her observations. His novel Washington Square (1880) was based upon a story Kemble had told him concerning one of her relatives.

S. They spent the winter of 1838–39 at the plantations and Kemble kept a diary of her observations. cities.