From the Preface by Harriet Beecher Stoweįor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit . Collection europeanlibraries Digitizing sponsor Google Book from the. The representations of their positions as to wealth and education are reliable, the incidents related are mostly true ones, woven together by a slight web of fiction. In this city they form a large class - have increased in numbers, wealth, and standing - they constitute a peculiar society of their own, presenting many social peculiarities worthy of interest and attention. Being one of the nearest free cities of any considerable size to the slave territory, it has naturally been a resort of escaping fugitives, or of emancipated slaves. This city, standing as it does on the frontier between free and slave territory, has accumulated naturally a large population of the mixed and African race. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beth Scott and PG Distributed Proofreaders THE GARIES AND THEIR FRIENDS Frank J. Ellis proposed inviting some of their acquaintances to meet him but to this project her husband objected, saying he wanted to have a quiet evening with. that his friend was to be their guest in the evening. The author is a coloured young man, born and reared in the city of Philadelphia. In which the Reader is introduced to a Family of peculiar Construction. Are the race at present held as slaves capable of freedom, self-government, and progress. The book which now appears before the public may be of interest in relation to a question which the late agitation of the subject of slavery has raised in many thoughtful minds, viz. LibriVox recording of The Garies and their Friends by Frank Webb.
0 kommentar(er)
