The Garies And Their Friends

Author : Frank J. Webb
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : African Americans
ISBN : OXFORD:600055258

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The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb Pdf

Originally published in London in 1857 and never before available in paperback, The Garies and Their Friends is the second novel published by an African American and the first to chronicle the experience of free blacks in the pre-Civil War northeast. The novel anticipates themes that were to become important in later African American fiction, including miscegenation and 'passing, ' and tells the story of the Garies and their friends, the Ellises, a 'highly respectable and industrious coloured family.'

Author : Tess Chakkalakal
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780252093388

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Novel Bondage by Tess Chakkalakal Pdf

Novel Bondage unravels the interconnections between marriage, slavery, and freedom through renewed readings of canonical nineteenth-century novels and short stories by black and white authors. Situating close readings of fiction alongside archival material concerning the actual marriages of authors such as Lydia Maria Child, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Wells Brown, and Frank J. Webb, Chakkalakal examines how these early novels established literary conventions for describing the domestic lives of American slaves in describing their aspirations for personal and civic freedom. Exploring this theme in post-Civil War works by Frances E.W. Harper and Charles Chesnutt, she further reveals how the slave-marriage plot served as a fictional model for reforming marriage laws. Chakkalakal invites readers to rethink the "marital work" of nineteenth-century fiction and the historical role it played in shaping our understanding of the literary and political meaning of marriage, then and now.

Author : Frank J. Webb
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0368279901

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The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb Pdf

This edition of The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition

Author : Martin R. Delany
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780674088726

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Blake; Or, The Huts of America by Martin R. Delany Pdf

Martin R. Delany’s Blake (c. 1860) tells the story of Henry Blake’s escape from a southern plantation and his travels in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Cuba on a mission to unite blacks of the Atlantic region in the struggle for freedom. Jerome McGann’s edition offers the first correct printing of the work and an authoritative introduction.

Author : Frank J. Webb
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770483644

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The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb Pdf

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 different 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 fast-moving, 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.

Author : Robert Montgomery Bird
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019675677

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Sheppard Lee by Robert Montgomery Bird Pdf

Author : Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801868823

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The Mysteries of New Orleans by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein Pdf

"Reizenstein's peculiar vision of New Orleans is worth resurrecting precisely because it crossed the boundaries of acceptable taste in nineteenth-century German America and squatted firmly on the other side... This work makes us realize how limited our notions were of what could be conceived by a fertile American imagination in the middle of the nineteenth century." -- from the Introduction by Steven Rowan A lost classic of America's neglected German-language literary tradition, The Mysteries of New Orleans by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein first appeared as a serial in the Louisiana Staats-Zeitung, a New Orleans German-language newspaper, between 1854 and 1855. Inspired by the gothic "urban mysteries" serialized in France and Germany during this period, Reizenstein crafted a daring occult novel that stages a frontal assault on the ethos of the antebellum South. His plot imagines the coming of a bloody, retributive justice at the hands of Hiram the Freemason -- a nightmarish, 200-year-old, proto-Nietzschean superman -- for the sin of slavery. Heralded by the birth of a black messiah, the son of a mulatto prostitute and a decadent German aristocrat, this coming revolution is depicted in frankly apocalyptic terms. Yet, Reizenstein was equally concerned with setting and characters, from the mundane to the fantastic. The book is saturated with the atmosphere of nineteenth-century New Orleans, the amorous exploits of its main characters uncannily resembling those of New Orleans' leading citizens. Also of note is the author's progressively matter-of-fact portrait of the lesbian romance between his novel's only sympathetic characters, Claudine and Orleana. This edition marks the first time that The Mysteries of New Orleans has been translated into English and proves that 150 years later, this vast, strange, and important novel remains as compelling as ever.

Author : Hannah Crafts
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759527645

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The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts Pdf

Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right. When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850's by a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience.

Author : Mary Hayden (Green) Pike
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000006165031

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Ida May by Mary Hayden (Green) Pike Pdf

Author : Drude Krog Janson
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0801868815

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A Saloonkeeper's Daughter by Drude Krog Janson Pdf

With this edition of A Saloonkeeper's Daughter, an important and prescient work of American fiction is finally available in English.

Author : Sui Sin Far
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513276861

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Mrs. Spring Fragrance by Sui Sin Far Pdf

Mrs. Spring Fragrance (1912) is a collection of short stories by Sui Sin Far. Inspired by her experience living among Chinese Americans in San Francisco and Seattle, Mrs. Spring Fragrance is considered one of the earliest works of fiction published in the United States by a woman of Chinese heritage. In “The Inferior Woman,” Mrs. Spring Fragrance encounters her neighbors, the Carmans, as they try to find someone to marry their son. While Mrs. Carman wants him to marry into a family of higher social standing, her son is in love with a local girl who works as a legal secretary. Known by Mrs. Carman as the “Inferior Woman,” she has risen through hard work and perseverance to achieve her position at the law firm. Sympathetic toward her neighbor’s son, Mrs. Spring Fragrance advocates on his behalf. “In the Land of the Free” is the story of a Chinese immigrant who is separated from her young son upon arrival due to insufficient paperwork. Exploring the struggles of this woman to reclaim her son, Sui Sin Far exposes the discrimination and hardships faced by Chinese Americans due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, illuminating the byzantine and restrictive immigration policies which sadly continue under a different guise in modern America. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Sui Sin Far’s Mrs. Spring Fragrance is a classic of Chinese American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author : Irmgarde Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1881276279

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Sister Jane by Irmgarde Brown Pdf

All her life, Jane believes she is small-town ordinary. . . until she isn't. Some people brand her a witch because of the cat while others believe she has a demon. Her family thinks she's ready for the nursing home, and the down-and-out reporter assumes she's a fake. But nobody, including Jane, can figure out how she does it: heal the sick. All the sick. All the time. Is it a gift of God? The Church is divided. Then, everything erupts when the foreigners arrive along with the government people and the scientists. Will Jane become a pawn or save herself? Sister Jane is a story that combines realism, considerations of the supernatural, and the conflicts and conundrums that are set loose by Jane's ability to heal. Author Irmgarde Brown creates characters that hold the reader's interest because they evoke an emotional response that registers as real. This is fiction that contains depth and serious questions. However, answers are left open to interpretation, and faith is never presented as a "one size fits all" experience of the human spirit. The plot begins on a strong note, and continues to build to an ending that is both unexpected and intriguing.

Author : Danzy Senna
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101650868

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Caucasia by Danzy Senna Pdf

Look out for Danzy Senna's latest book, New People, on sale in August! Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston. The sisters are so close that they speak their own language, yet Birdie, with her light skin and straight hair, is often mistaken for white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at school. Despite their differences, Cole is Birdie’s confidant, her protector, the mirror by which she understands herself. Then their parents’ marriage collapses. One night Birdie watches her father and his new girlfriend drive away with Cole. Soon Birdie and her mother are on the road as well, drifting across the country in search of a new home. But for Birdie, home will always be Cole. Haunted by the loss of her sister, she sets out a desperate search for the family that left her behind. The extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna’s literary career, Caucasia is a modern classic, at once a powerful coming of age story and a groundbreaking work on identity and race in America.

Author : Frank J Webb
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1034516841

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The Garies and Their Friends (Esprios Classics) by Frank J Webb Pdf

Francis Johnson Webb (March 21, 1828 - c. 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and essayist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His novel, The Garies and Their Friends (1857), was the first novel by an Indian-African American to be published, and the first to portray the daily lives of free blacks in the North. As a young man, Frank Webb worked in Philadelphia's vibrant community of free African Americans as a commercial artist.[1] He married in 1845, at the age of 17. In 1857, when Frank Webb was 29, the London firm of G. Routledge and Company published his first and only novel, The Garies and Their Friends.

Author : Jeffory Clymer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199996162

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Family Money by Jeffory Clymer Pdf

Family Money explores the histories of formerly enslaved women who tried to claim inheritances left to them by deceased owners, the household traumas of mixed-race slaves, post-Emancipation calls for reparations, and the economic fallout from anti-miscegenation marriage laws. Authors ranging from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frank Webb, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Chesnutt, to Lydia Maria Child recognized that intimate interracial relationships took myriad forms, often simultaneously-sexual, marital, coercive, familial, pleasurable, and painful. Their fiction confirms that the consequences of these relationships for nineteenth-century Americans meant thinking about more than the legal structure of racial identity. Who could count as family (and when), who could own property (and when), and how racial difference was imagined (and why) were emphatically bound together. Demonstrating that notions of race were entwined with economics well beyond the direct issue of slavery, Family Money reveals interracial sexuality to be a volatile mixture of emotion, economics, and law that had dramatic, long-term financial consequences.