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  • Iola Leroy

    Or, Shadows Uplifted

    by Frances E. W. Harper ...
    The classic Civil War novel about a Southern woman who is unaware of her mixed-race heritage until she is sold into slavery by her uncle.The beautiful, refined daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter and slaveholder, Iola Leroy leads a privileged life and attends school in the North. But a family tragedy leads to a stunning revelation: Iola is half Black. She is sold off into slavery and sent ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Minnie's Sacrifice

    by Frances E.W. Harper ...
    Minnie's Sacrifice examines racial identity, moral courage, and the cost of compassion within a divided society structured by inequality and inherited status. The narrative centers on a young girl raised in comfort yet unknowingly bound to a hidden background that challenges the security of her upbringing. Emotional conflict grows as truth and social reality begin to collide, revealing how ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Trial And Triumph

    by Frances E.W. Harper ...
    Trial and triumph portrays the emotional and moral growth of a young girl shaped by prejudice, family tension, and social expectation. The narrative explores how identity is formed within a community marked by racial hierarchy and rigid judgment. At its center lies the struggle between inherited bitterness and the possibility of compassion. The story reflects on generational conflict, particularly ... Read more

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  • Iola Leroy

    by Frances E.W. Harper ...
    Frances Harper’s fourth novel follows the life of the beautiful, light-skinned Iola Leroy to tell the story of black families in slavery, during the Civil War, and after Emancipation. Iola Leroy adopts and adapts three genres that commanded significant audiences in the nineteenth century: the sentimental romance, the slave narrative, and plantation fiction. Written by the foremost black woman ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Iola Leroy

    by Frances E. W. Harper ...
    Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted presents a powerful narrative of identity, freedom, and moral courage set against the upheaval of war and social transformation. The story follows a young woman raised in comfort who is abruptly confronted with the realities of racial injustice after the revelation of her hidden ancestry. Her journey traces the movement from bondage to liberation, highlighting ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted

    by Frances E. W. Harper ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67." ... Read more

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  • Minnie's Sacrifice: A Rediscovered Novel

    by Frances E. W. Harper ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67." ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

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    From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

    by Frances E W Harper ...
    Narrated by Samya De Meo ...

    Unabridged

    30 min

    Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born free on 24th September 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland which, at that time, was still a slave state.By age 3 Frances had been orphaned and thereafter raised by her maternal aunt and uncle who also gave her her surname; Watkins.At 13 she was working as a seamstress and then as a nursemaid for a white family that owned a bookshop. Here any spare time was used to ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted

    by Frances E. W. Harper ...
    Series series Dover Literature: African American
    The daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter, Iola Leroy led a life of comfort and privilege, never guessing at her mixed-race ancestry — until her father died and a treacherous relative sold her into slavery. This stirring tale of life during the Civil War and Reconstruction traces a young woman's struggles and triumphs on the path to self-discovery. Confronted with the truth of her origins, ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Frances E. W. Harper

    A Call to Conscience

    by Utz McKnight ...
    Free Black woman, poet, novelist, essayist, speaker, and activist, Frances Watkins Harper was one of the nineteenth century’s most important advocates of Abolitionism and female suffrage, and her pioneering work still has profound lessons for us today.In this new book, Utz McKnight shows how Harper’s life and work inspired her contemporaries to imagine a better America. He seeks to recover her ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Iola Leroy : Shadows Uplifted

    by Frances E.W. Harper ...
    Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead™ are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    The Crocuses (Unabridged)

    by Frances E. W. Harper ...
    Narrated by Michael Mcwhorter, Richard Flynn, Lucy Moses ...

    Unabridged

    26 min

    In the heart of the antebellum South, where the weight of slavery suffocates the land, a poignant tale unfolds in "The Crocuses." Meet Miss Lou, a young woman of mixed race, whose life is a tapestry of both privilege and oppression. As the crocuses bloom, signaling the arrival of spring, Lou's world is thrown into turmoil when she falls in love with a white man, defying the rigid societal norms. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD