The Novels of Frances Harper (2021) collects four works of fiction
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a pioneering figure in African
American literature. Minnie's Sacrifice (1869), originally
serialized in the Christian Recorder, addresses such themes as
miscegenation, passing, and the institutionalized rape of enslaved
women using the story of Moses as inspiration. Sowing and Reaping
(1876) is a novel concerned with the cause of temperance in a time
when Black families were frequently torn apart by alcoholism. Trial
and Triumph (1888-1889) is a politically conscious novel concerned
with an African American community doing its best to overcome
hardship with love and solidarity. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted
(1892) is a story of liberation set during the American Civil War
that deals with such themes as abolition, miscegenation, and
passing. Minnie's Sacrifice begins on a plantation in the American
South. A slave named Miriam mourns the untimely death of her only
daughter, Agnes, who succumbed while giving birth to a baby boy,
leaving her son in her mother's care. Visiting Miriam's cabin later
that day, Camilla, the master's daughter, discovers a blond-haired,
blue-eyed boy. Bringing this to the attention of her father,
Camilla proposes that the boy be sent away from the plantation to
be brought up as white. Trial and Triumph is the story of a young
orphan girl. With few opportunities for education, and despite her
affinity for reading, Annette faces prejudice and indifference from
her community, who remain either cautiously protective of their
children or too involved with their own problems to pay heed to
another struggling youth. Sowing and Reaping is a tale of
friendship and tragedy exploring the concerns of the temperance
movement. Paul-whose father died young from alcoholism-always
places morality ahead of opportunity, while John, a pragmatist at
heart, decides to open a saloon. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted is
the story of Iola Leroy, a free-born woman who was forced into
slavery due to her mixed racial heritage. Her father Eugene, a
wealthy slaveowner, set Iola's mother free in order to marry her
and start a family. When he died from a sudden illness, Eugene left
his family in grave danger, and Marie and her children were soon
torn from freedom by Eugene's spiteful relatives. These novels by
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a groundbreaking nineteenth century
writer, inspired such figures as Zora Neale Hurston and Ida B.
Wells. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of The Novels of Frances Harper is a
classic of African American literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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