# Iola Leroy — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

- [Iola Leroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/iola-leroy.md): The opening chapter introduces Iola Leroy, a young woman of mixed race who is unaware of her African American heritage. She is educated and raised as white, but her world is shattered when she discovers her true identity
- [Mystery of Market Speech and Prayer-Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/i-mystery-of-market-speech-and-prayer-meeting.md): The chapter introduces Robert Johnson and Thomas Anderson, two enslaved men in North Carolina, who use coded language about market goods to secretly share news of Union victories during the Civil War. Robert returns home
- [II: Contraband of War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/ii-contraband-of-war.md): In a secret prayer meeting, Robert Johnson, Tom Anderson, and other enslaved men discuss the news that runaway slaves reaching Union lines will be considered 'contraband of war' and not returned. Robert reveals his desir
- [Uncle Daniel's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/iii-uncle-daniel-s-story.md): In Uncle Daniel's cabin, a secret prayer meeting is held where Robert and others discuss escaping to the Union army. Uncle Daniel recounts his loyalty to his master, Marse Robert, and explains why he cannot join the esca
- [Arrival of the Union Army](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/iv-arrival-of-the-union-army.md): Robert Johnson learns from Tom Anderson that the Union Army has arrived nearby. Despite attempts by slaveholders to frighten enslaved people with lies about the Yankees, Robert and his friends prepare to join the Union f

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- [V: The Release of Iola Leroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/v-the-release-of-iola-leroy.md)
- [Robert Johnson’s Promotion and Religion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/vi-robert-johnson-s-promotion-and-religion.md)
- [VII: Tom Anderson’s Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/vii-tom-anderson-s-death.md)
- [VIII: The Mystified Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/viii-the-mystified-doctor.md)
- [IX: Eugene Leroy and Alfred Lorraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/ix-eugene-leroy-and-alfred-lorraine.md)
- [Shadows in the Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/x-shadows-in-the-home.md)
- [XI: The Plague and the Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xi-the-plague-and-the-law.md)
- [XII: Schoolgirl Notions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xii-schoolgirl-notions.md)
- [A Rejected Suitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xiii-a-rejected-suitor.md)
- [XIV: Harry Leroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xiv-harry-leroy.md)
- [Robert and His Company](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xv-robert-and-his-company.md)
- [After the Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xvi-after-the-battle.md)
- [Flames in the Schoolroom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xvii-flames-in-the-schoolroom.md)
- [XVIII: Searching for Lost Ones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xviii-searching-for-lost-ones.md)
- [XIX: Striking Contrasts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xix-striking-contrasts.md)
- [A Revelation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xx-a-revelation.md)
- [A Home for Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxi-a-home-for-mother.md)
- [XXII: Further Lifting of the Veil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxii-further-lifting-of-the-veil.md)
- [XXIII: Delightful Reunions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxiii-delightful-reunions.md)
- [Northern Experience](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxiv-northern-experience.md)
- [An Old Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxv-an-old-friend.md)
- [Open Questions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxvi-open-questions.md)
- [XXVII: Diverging Paths](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxvii-diverging-paths.md)
- [Dr. Latrobe’s Mistake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxviii-dr-latrobe-s-mistake.md)
- [Visitors from the South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxix-visitors-from-the-south.md)
- [XXX: Friends in Council](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxx-friends-in-council.md)
- [XXXI: Dawning Affections](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxxi-dawning-affections.md)
- [Wooing and Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxxii-wooing-and-wedding.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxxiii-conclusion.md)

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