NMLP P-035901 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Garies and Their Friends

Frank J. Webb · George Routledge and Co. (London) · 1857

Webb, a free-born Black Philadelphian who was living in England when the novel appeared, is generally credited with writing the second novel published by an African American author, after William Wells Brown's Clotel

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-035901 for "The Garies and Their Friends" by Frank J. Webb (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035901, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).