Unjustly overlooked in its own time, Frank J. Webb's novel of
pre-Civil War Philadelphia weaves together action, humor, and
social commentary. The Garies and Their Friends tells the story of
two families struggling for di| erent sorts of respectability: the
Garies, a well-to-do interracial couple who relocate to
Philadelphia from the plantation South in order to legalize their
marriage, and their friends the Ellises, free black Philadelphians
hoping to make the move from the working class into the
bourgeoisie. Along the way the families confront racialized
violence, melodramatic villainy, and sentimental reversals.
Entertaining and fastmoving, the novel has a Dickensian mix of
uncanny coincidence and interwoven personal experiences. The
historical documents accompanying this Broadview Edition provide
reviews of the novel along with extensive materials on slavery, the
color line, and contemporary Philadelphia.
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