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The Garies And Their Friends

The Garies And Their Friends

Webb, Frank J.

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Historical Fiction

Publisher Price: $22.99

ISBN10: 9361152459
ISBN13: 9789361152450
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Feb 1 2024
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Garies and Their Friends by way of Frank J. Webb is a groundbreaking novel that turned into posted in 1857, making it one of the earliest novels written with the aid of an African American. The author, Frank J. Webb, turned into an African American abolitionist and intellectual. This novel is sizable for its portrayal of the lives of free African Americans within the pre-Civil War United States. The story revolves around the lives of the Garie own family, a mixed-race own family together with Clarence Garie, a rich white Southerner, and his quadroon wife, Emily. The Garies lead a relaxed lifestyle in Philadelphia but face the social demanding situations and prejudices of the time due to their racial identification. The novel explores themes of racial identity, social magnificence, and the complicated dynamics of interracial relationships. As the Garie family faces societal discrimination, the narrative additionally introduces the reader to the reports of other loose African Americans, dropping light at the multifaceted struggles of the African American community in the antebellum North. Webb's novel is terrific for its nuanced portrayal of characters, difficult racial stereotypes regular at some point of that technology.

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