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Iola Leroy - Shadows Uplifted
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Title: Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted
Author: Frances E.W. Harper
Release Date: May 14, 2004 [EBook #12352]
Language: English
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IOLA LEROY,
OR
SHADOWS UPLIFTED.
BY
FRANCES E.W. HARPER.
1893, Philadelphia
TO MY DAUGHTER
MARY E. HARPER,
THIS BOOK IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED.
INTRODUCTION.
I confess when I first learned that Mrs. Harper was about to write "a story" on some features of the Anglo-African race, growing out of what was once popularly known as the "peculiar institution," I had my doubts about the matter. Indeed it was far from being easy for me to think that she was as fortunate as she might have been in selecting a subject which would afford her the best opportunity for bringing out a work of merit and lasting worth to the race--such a work as some of her personal friends have long desired to see from her graphic pen. However, after hearing a good portion of the manuscript read, and a general statement with regard to the object in view, I admit frankly that my partial indifference was soon swept away; at least I was willing to wait for further developments.
Being very desirous that one of the race, so long distinguished in the cause of freedom for her intellectua