Iola Leroy
by Frances E. W. Harper
Publication Date: Dec 10, 1999
List Price: $19.00
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780807065198
Imprint: Beacon Press
Publisher: Beacon Press
Parent Company: Unitarian Universalist Association
Paperback Description:
Iola Leroy was originally published in 1892, during a time of black disenfranchisement, lynching, and Jim Crow laws. It is the story of a "refined mulatto" raised to believe she’s white until she and her mother are sold into slavery. Iola becomes an outspoken advocate for her people and a critic of race-mixing. Her story offers an important portrait of black life during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Iola Leroy was originally published in 1892, during a time of black disenfranchisement, lynching, and Jim Crow laws. It is the story of a "refined mulatto" raised to believe she’s white until she and her mother are sold into slavery. Iola becomes an outspoken advocate for her people and a critic of race-mixing. Her story offers an important portrait of black life during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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