79. Frances Harper — Iola Leroy with Dr. Koritha Mitchell
Abolitionist, suffragist, and writer Frances Harper was widely acclaimed in her day and one of the first African-American women to be published in the United States. Her novel Iola Leroy is an eye-opening look at what it was like for Black Americans in the midst of, and in the decades following, the Civil War. Joining us in conversation is award-winning author, professor, and literary historian Dr. Koritha Mitchell, who edited and wrote the introduction to the 2018 Broadview Press edition.
Discussed in this episode:
Living with Lynching by Dr. Koritha Mitchell
“The Two Offers” by Frances Harper
Carla Peterson (University of Maryland English Department)
“Forest Leaves” by Frances Harper
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins