Iola Leroy
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
301 pages~5 hrs
“A journey from stolen freedom to the birth of a new identity.”
Forced from a life of Northern privilege into the brutal reality of Southern bondage, Iola Leroy must navigate the chaos of the Civil War to reclaim her identity. This pioneering masterpiece explores the intersection of race, gender, and freedom through the eyes of a woman who refuses to be broken.
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