Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2010, is an unabridged republication of the second edition of Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted, originally published in 1893 by Garrigues Brothers, Philadelphia.
Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted, by Frances E. W. Harper.
Iola Leroy, Or, Shadows Uplifted
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'Iola Leroy', one of the first novels published by an African-American woman, follows a group of slaves who are seeking refuge with the approaching Union army during the Civil War.
IOLA LEROY: Or Shadows Uplifted
"Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted" from Frances Harper. African-American abolitionist, poet and author (1825-1911).
Well , I'm jis ' gwine to keep on prayin ' an ' b'lievin ' . ... Las ' Sunday we had it in Gibson's woods ; Sunday ' fore las ' , in de old cypress swamp ; an ' nex ' Sunday we'el hab one in McCullough's woods .
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