Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted

by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper · 1892

A mixed-race woman raised believing herself white is enslaved when her parentage is exposed, and after the Civil War chooses to dedicate her freedom to uplifting the Black community rather than pass into white society.

Books that mention Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted (1)

• A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn: “she wrote the first novel published by a black woman: Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted”