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 .
Iola Leroy, a racially mixed girl who becomes a slave when her white father dies, finds that through her maternal ancestors she is heir to a black family, and searches for her true community and her real family.
2015 Reprint of 1892 Edition. This is one of the first novels published by an African-American woman.
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
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Iola Leroy, Or, Shadows Uplifted
Iola Leroy or, Shadows Uplifted, an 1892 novel by Frances Harper, is one of the first novels published by an African-American woman.
A striking portrait of black life during the Civil War and Reconstruction, this 1892 work was among the first novels published by an African-American woman.
Iola Leroy, Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, first published in 1895, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world....
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.