Iola Leroy - Shadows Uplifted: With an Introductory Chapter by George F. Bragg

by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and George F. Bragg

"Iola Leroy - Shadows Uplifted" is a 1893 novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Set to the backdrop of the Civil War, the story revolves around Iola Leroy, daughter of a wealthy slaveholder who emancipated and married a young slave called Marie after she nursed him through an illness. The children's African ancestry was hidden from them until the death of their father, after which point Marie and her children were once again legally considered slaves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1528717937
• ISBN13: 9781528717939
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"