Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels. - book reviews
T. Andreas SpelmanMinnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels by Frances E.W. Harper, edited by Frances Smith Foster (Beacon. 1994. $22)--Harper, the author of the literary classic, Iola Leroy (Schomburg, 1990), was a 19th-century abolitionist, suffragist, poet and novelist. This trio of works addresses mixed racial heritage, self-destruction and personal sacrifice, and collectively etches out a place among classic 19th-century American literature on race and community.
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