# Frank J. Webb

> Francis Johnson Webb was an American novelist, poet, and essayist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His novel, The Garies and Their Friends (1857), was the second novel by an African American to be published, and the first to portray the daily lives of free blacks in the North.

*African-American novelist, poet and essayist (1828-1894)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1828-03-21
- **Died:** 1894
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Francis Johnson Webb was an American novelist, poet, and essayist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His novel, The Garies and Their Friends (1857), was the second novel by an African American to be published, and the first to portray the daily lives of free blacks in the North.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.8
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Frank J. Webb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Webb)
- [فرانك جيه ويب](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15438397)

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