Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted

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Oxford University Press, 1988 - Fiction - 282 pages
This stirring novel tells the story of the young daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter who travels to the North to attend school, only to be sold into slavery in the South when it is discovered that she has Negro blood. After she is freed by the Union army, she works to reunify her family and embrace her heritage, committing herself to improving the conditions for blacks in America. Through her fascinating characters - including Iola's brother, who fights at the front in a colored regiment - Harper weaves a vibrant and provocative chronicle of the Civil War and its consequences through African American eyes in this critical contribution to the nation's literature
 

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
7
Section 3
15
Section 4
37
Section 5
42
Section 6
43
Section 7
61
Section 8
73
Section 16
144
Section 17
148
Section 18
174
Section 19
175
Section 20
191
Section 21
205
Section 22
221
Section 23
230

Section 9
86
Section 10
97
Section 11
109
Section 12
120
Section 13
129
Section 14
138
Section 15
139
Section 24
236
Section 25
241
Section 26
246
Section 27
267
Section 28
275
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