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First published in London in 1857, Frank J. Webb’s "The Garies and Their Friends" is among the earliest novels written by an African American. Although it is not strictly a historical novel, "The Garies and Their Friends" reflects the deteriorating conditions of the free black community in Philadelphia during Webb’s childhood and early adulthood, in particular, the 1838 disenfranchisement of black men by the Pennsylvania legislature and the anti-abolitionist and anti-black violence of the 1830s and 1840s.
Born to free blacks in Philadelphia, Webb was the youngest of his parents’ five children, one of whom died in infancy. His father, Francis Webb, was educated and active in various church and civic organizations, and his mother, Louisa Burr Webb, was the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr. Francis and Louisa participated in an unsuccessful colonization project in Haiti, returning to Philadelphia in 1826, sixteen months before Frank’s birth.
"The Garies and Their Friends" narrates the fortunes of two families over several decades. Clarence Garie is a slaveholder living in Georgia with Emily, his slave and common-law wife, and their two children, also named Clarence and Emily. Because their marriage is not legally recognized in Georgia, and their children therefore considered illegitimate, they decide to move north to Philadelphia, where they are met and welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Ellis and their three children, Esther, Caddie, and Charlie. We follow the Garies and the Ellises as they raise their children in an atmosphere of often vicious racial discrimination...
(Source: philadelphiaencyclopedia.org)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Children's Literature, Young Adult
Length14 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 26, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2From Lord Brougham
3Chapter 1. In Which The Reader Is Introduced To A Family Of Peculiar Construction
4Chapter 2. A Glance At The Ellis Family.
5Chapter 3. Charlie's Trials
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6Chapter 4. In Which Mr. Winston Finds An Old Friend
7Chapter 5. The Garies Decide On A Change
8Chapter 6. Pleasant News
9Chapter 7. Mrs. Thomas Has Her Troubles
10Chapter 8. Trouble In The Ellis Family
11Chapter 9. Breaking Up
12Chapter 10. Another Parting
13Chapter 11. The New Home
14Chapter 12. Mr. Garie's Neighbour
15Chapter 13. Hopes Consummated
16Chapter 14. Charlie At Warmouth
17Chapter 15. Mrs. Stevens Gains A Triumph
18Chapter 16. Mr. Stevens Makes A Discovery
19Chapter 17. Plotting
20Chapter 18. Mr. Stevens Falls Into Bad Hands
21Chapter 19. The Alarm
22Chapter 20. The Attack
23Chapter 21. More Horrors
24Chapter 22. An Anxious Day
25Chapter 23. The Lost One Found
26Chapter 24. Charlie Distinguishes Himself
27Chapter 25. The Heir
28Chapter 26. Home Again
29Chapter 27. Sudbury
30Chapter 28. Charlie Seeks Employment
31Chapter 29. Clouds And Sunshine
32Chapter 30. Many Years After
33Chapter 31. The Thorn Rankles
34Chapter 32. Dear Old Ess Again
35Chapter 33. The Fatal Discovery
36Chapter 34. "Murder Will Out."
37Chapter 35. The Wedding
38Chapter 36. And The Last
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