Frank J. Webb
Frank J. Webb | |
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| Born | March 21, 1828 |
| Died | 1894 (aged 65–66) |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, poet, and essayist |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Espartero Mary Rodgers |
Francis Johnson Webb (March 21, 1828 – 1894) 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.