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- Title
The Property of Blackness: The Legal Fiction of Frank J. Webb's "The Garies and Their Friends."
- Authors
Stockton, Elizabeth
- Abstract
Presents literary criticism of the 1857 novel "The Garies and Their Friends" by Frank J. Webb, analyzing legal discourses concerning marriage and citizenship for African Americans in the nineteenth century. It particularly examines an 1814 court case involving Susan Stephens, an escaped African American slave and later indentured servant, her owner, and her husband, George Stephens. Other topics include self-possession in African American males, whiteness, and free blacks in the novel.
- Subjects
GARIES &; Their Friends, The (Book); WEBB, Frank J., 1828-1894; MARRIAGE of African Americans; LEGAL status of enslaved persons; HISTORY of African Americans' legal status; AFRICAN Americans in literature; FREE African Americans; HISTORY
- Publication
African American Review, 2009, Vol 43, Issue 2/3, p473
- ISSN
1062-4783
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/afa.2009.0041