![]() ![]() It addresses the many layers of race and racism present in society at the time. The novel critiques almost every aspect of northern life. It takes place before the Civil War and chronicles the life of free Black people living in the North, rather than focusing on slavery in the South. It was the second novel to ever be published by an African American author. The Garies and Their Friends was published in 1857. Webb was an African American novelist, poet, and essayist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That’s why I picked up The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. I’ve missed reading fiction, so I wanted to take advantage of my free time this summer to read books that I want to read, rather than what my professors assign to me. I spend so much time reading pages upon pages of political theory that I almost never read for pleasure. ![]() But as a political science major, most of what I read for my classes is very dense. It’s not like I don’t read already in fact, pretty much all of my homework for class at college is to read. ![]()
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