# Dr. Latrobe — Iola Leroy character guide

> Dr. Latrobe in Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Latrobe

**First appearance:** 0030-xxviii-dr-latrobe-s-mistake

## Who they are

Southern doctor who treats Iola and later opposes her marriage.

## In the story

### [Open Questions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxvi-open-questions)

Dr. Latrobe, a Southerner, expresses racist views, fears negro supremacy, and insists on maintaining white supremacy and segregation.

### [Dr. Latrobe’s Mistake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxviii-dr-latrobe-s-mistake)

Compliments Dr. Latimer's paper but warns him against associating with Black people; is shocked and embarrassed when Dr. Latimer reveals he is of Black descent.

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