Research Catalog

Title

Iola Leroy, or, Shadows uplifted / by Frances E.W. Harper.

Author

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911.

Publication

Boston : James H. Earle, publisher, 178 Washington Street, [1892]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Still, William, 1821-1902.
• Earle, James H., publisher.

Description

[4], 282 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Iola Leroy
• Shadows uplifted

Subjects

• Racially mixed women > United States > Fiction
• Black author
• African American women > Fiction
• Racially mixed people > United States > Fiction
• Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 > Portraits
• Slavery > United States > Fiction
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction
• Racially mixed people > Southern States > Fiction
• Racially mixed women > Southern States > Fiction
• Slavery > Southern States > Fiction

Note

• "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1892, by Frances E.W. Harper, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• Introduction by William Still.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. The mystery of market speech and prayer meetings -- ch. 2. Contraband of war -- ch. 3. Uncle Daniel's story -- ch. 4. Arrival of the Union Army -- ch. 5. Release of Iola Leroy -- ch. 6. Robert Johnson's promotion and religion -- ch. 7. Tom Anderson's death -- ch. 8. The mystified doctor -- ch. 9. Eugene Leroy and Alfred Lorraine -- ch. 10. Shadows in the home -- ch. 11. The plague and the law -- ch. 12. School-girl notions -- ch. 13. A rejected suitor -- ch. 14. Harry Leroy -- ch. 15. Robert and his company -- ch. 16. After the battle -- ch. 17. Flames in the school-room -- ch. 18. Searching for lost ones -- ch. 19. Striking contrasts -- ch. 20. A revelation -- ch. 21. A home for mother -- ch. 22. Further lifting the veil -- ch. 23. Delightful reunions -- ch. 24. Northern experience -- ch. 25. An old friend -- ch. 26. Open questions -- ch. 27. Diverging paths -- ch. 28. Dr. Latrobe's mistake -- ch. 29. Visitors from the South -- ch. 30. Friends in council -- ch. 31. Dawning affections -- ch. 32. Wooing and wedding -- ch. 33. Conclusion -- Note.

Call Number

Sc Rare Fic (Harper, F. Iola Leroy. 3rd ed.)

LCCN

17017142

OCLC

• 14022106
• NYPGR14022106-B

Author

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911.

Title

Iola Leroy, or, Shadows uplifted / by Frances E.W. Harper.

Imprint

Boston : James H. Earle, publisher, 178 Washington Street, [1892]

Edition

Third edition.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare Fic (Harper, F. Iola Leroy. 3rd ed.) (accession no. B547499) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-865.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Still, William, 1821-1902.

Earle, James H., publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare Fic (Harper, F. Iola Leroy. 3rd ed.)