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One of the most significant contributions to early Black literature, "Iola Leroy" is one of the best-selling novels by an African-American before the 20th century. With its intricate plot, about a mulatto who first assumes she is white, subsequently learns she is the daughter of a slave and is therefore black, and who ultimately makes the conscious choice not to pass for white but to live as a black woman, "Iola Leroy" is a novel filled with the complexities and contradictions of black-and-female existence in America in the nineteenth century. The author of "Iola Leroy," Frances E. W. Harper, was a persuasive and sensitive writer, a popular and articulate speaker, and friend of some of the best-known political activists, religious leaders, educators, and artists of her day. "Iola Leroy" tackles an array of issues affecting the black race, and America in general, during the late 19th century. These issues range from gender, to internalized racism among the Negro of lighter skin color, the infamous "Negro question," the hypocrisy of religion, and many others. The opening chapters in "Iola Leroy" about the slaves under slavery, the slaves during the civil war, their actual role in stopping the confederacy, the intelligence of the slaves, and all are not just idle depictions, but responses to those who felt slaves were incapable of revolution. Harper's analysis of the strength and struggle of the freedmen and freedwomen after slavery tends to also reply to the debate about whether they were worthy of freedom, and whether the fall of reconstruction was inevitable. Harper was optimistic about the future and potential of African-Americans, maintaining that the doors of education, religious freedom, and of economy and capitalism were open to the race. The most undeniable value of the book, is the call that the author makes for literacy, temperance, and the uplifting of the race.
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9781414232201 | Indypublish.Com, December 30, 2004, cover price $96.99 | About this edition: One of the most significant contributions to early Black literature, "Iola Leroy" is one of the best-selling novels by an African-American before the 20th century.
9781418118242, titled "Iola Leroy: Or, Shadows Uplifted" | Scholarly Pub Office Univ of, January 31, 2001, cover price $39.95
9780843400137 | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1990, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet and abolitionist.
9780195052404 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, April 14, 1988), cover price $140.00 | About this edition: This was probably the best-selling novel by an Afro-American writer prior to the 20th century.
9780404001698, titled "Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted" | Reprint edition (Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1980), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet and abolitionist.
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9781605979502 | Lightning Source Inc, July 30, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet and abolitionist.
9781605972534, titled "Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted" | Book Jungle, March 31, 2008, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet and abolitionist.
9781604246964, titled "Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted" | Standard Pubns Inc, December 30, 2007, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet and abolitionist.
9781414232218 | Indypublish.Com, December 30, 2004, cover price $90.99 | About this edition: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet and abolitionist.
9780807065198 | Reissue edition (Beacon Pr, December 10, 1999), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Iola Leroy, mulatto who becomes a slave when her white father dies, finds that through her maternal ancestors she is heir to a black family, searches for her true community and her real family
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9780404113872 | Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1975, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P.
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9781499741247 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 31, 2014, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
9781110703784 | Bibliolife, June 30, 2009, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781406532616 | Dodo Pr, May 30, 2007, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland, was an African American abolitionist and poet.
9781892616012 | Post Oak Pubns, November 1, 1998, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Known as the "Bronze Muse," Harper's body of work includes essays, poems, novels, and short stories.
Product Description: One of the most significant contributions to early Black literature, "Iola Leroy" is one of the best-selling novels by an African-American before the 20th century. With its intricate plot, about a mulatto who first assumes she is white, subsequently learns she is the daughter of a slave and is therefore black, and who ultimately makes the conscious choice not to pass for white but to live as a black woman, "Iola Leroy" is a novel filled with the complexities and contradictions of black-and-female existence in America in the nineteenth century...read more
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9781450586696 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 10, 2010, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: One of the most significant contributions to early Black literature, "Iola Leroy" is one of the best-selling novels by an African-American before the 20th century.
9788132032779 | Lightning Source Inc, September 30, 2008, cover price $14.79 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9788132008552 | Lightning Source Inc, April 30, 2008, cover price $21.49 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781426460999 | Large print edition (Bibliobazaar, October 31, 2007), cover price $26.75
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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9781414291802 | Indypublish.Com, August 31, 2004, cover price $41.99
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9781406532623 | Dodo Pr, May 30, 2007, cover price $7.99
9781414291819 | Indypublish.Com, August 31, 2004, cover price $34.99
9781419148453 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2004, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
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9781421926872 | Indypublish.Com, November 1, 2005, cover price $25.99
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9781414291888 | Indypublish.Com, August 31, 2004, cover price $40.99 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
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9781414291895 | Indypublish.Com, August 31, 2004, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
9781419134357 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2004, cover price $17.95
Product Description: This book gathers a selection of both her shorter Christian poetry, and longer pieces, such as "Moses-Story of the Nile." Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was the most popular African-American writer of the nineteenth century...read more
Hardcover:
9780404000585 | Reprint edition (Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1901), cover price $22.00
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9781410107008 | Fredonia Books, August 31, 2004, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: This book gathers a selection of both her shorter Christian poetry, and longer pieces, such as "Moses-Story of the Nile.
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9781414291147 | Indypublish.Com, July 31, 2004, cover price $94.99 | About this edition: This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers.
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9781414291154 | Indypublish.Com, July 31, 2004, cover price $88.99 | About this edition: Trial and Triumph is presented here in a high quality paperback edition.
9781419191084 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2004, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
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9780807062333 | Beacon Pr, May 1, 2000, cover price $26.00
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9781874509110 | X-Pr, September 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Book by Harper, Frances E.
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9780807083338 | Beacon Pr, January 1, 1996, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Presents three novels by the nineteenth-century, African-American, woman writer dealing with social justice, love, and sexuality
Hardcover:
9780836985887 | Facsimile edition (Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1995), cover price $18.95
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9780807083321 | Beacon Pr, June 1, 1994, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Presents three novels by the nineteenth-century, African-American, woman writer dealing with social justice, love, and sexuality
The poetry, speeches, letters, and selected fiction of a leading nineteenth-century Black femimist writer and activist are accompanied by a biographical and critical study
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9781558610194 | Feminist Pr, April 1, 1991, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The poetry, speeches, letters, and selected fiction of a leading nineteenth-century Black femimist writer and activist are accompanied by a biographical and critical study
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9781558610200 | Feminist Pr, July 1, 1990, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The poetry, speeches, letters, and selected fiction of a leading nineteenth-century Black femimist writer and activist are accompanied by a biographical and critical study
Paperback:
9780679727422 | Vintage Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $21.00
Hardcover:
9780836987102 | Reprint edition (Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1985), cover price $12.95
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