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The Garies and Their Friends follows a multiracial family, the Garies, who move from Georgia to Philadelphia to escape the threat of enslavement and legally marry. They befriend the Ellis family and Mr. Walters, a Black real-estate developer, while facing hostility from their racist neighbors, the Stevens family. The novel explores themes of race, community solidarity, and the challenges faced by free Black people in the antebellum North. The text features depictions of racism, racist violence, and discrimination.