Iola Leroy, Or, Shadows Uplifted | 
pickThis book should be better known! It‘s one of the first novels written by an African American woman, and it‘s a delight. Iola, the main character, is raised and educated as a white woman, but discovers that she has African blood when her white father dies and his cousin and heir has her mother‘s manumission declared illegal. Many of the main characters could pass for white but heroically choose not to. There are also strong Christian themes and…
Clare-Dragonfly … a brief but sweet romance to round it out. 1y
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