# Colonel Robinson — Iola Leroy character guide

> Colonel Robinson in Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Col. Robinson

**First appearance:** 0017-xv-robert-and-his-company

## Who they are

Union officer who commands a regiment of black soldiers.

## In the story

### [VIII: The Mystified Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/viii-the-mystified-doctor)

Commander of the post; reveals Iola's secret past to Dr. Gresham and advises him.

### [Robert and His Company](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xv-robert-and-his-company)

Commander of the post; discusses the value of Black intelligence and the North's slow progress on emancipation.

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