Iola Leroy
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2018
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807065198 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0807065196 |
| Author: | Frances Harper |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 136mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Black Women Writers Series |
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Critics Review
One of the most significant contributions to early Black literature. -Jane Campbell, Belle Lettres
“This edition of Iola Leroy, with Hazel Carby’s introduction, is required reading.” -Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“A moving rite of passage story, the ‘ordeal of suffering’ of an enlightened black girl growing up… . A superior book.” -Doris Grumbach, National Public Radio
“In an era full of extraordinary black women, Frances Watkins Harper … was one of the most extraordinary among them. If she had published nothing else, Iola Leroy would have been sufficient of her to claim a place among the intellectuals of her time.” -Nellie McKay, University of Wisconsin-Madison
About The Author
Frances Harper
Frances E. W. Harper (1825-1911), a popular lecturer, poet, and author, was a leader in the suffrage and temperance movements and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women.
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