# Harriet — Iola Leroy character guide

> Harriet in Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-contraband-of-war

## Who they are

Young enslaved girl who escapes with the Union army.

## In the story

### [A Revelation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xx-a-revelation)

Robert's mother, who is joyfully reunited with her son after decades of separation.

### [A Home for Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/xxi-a-home-for-mother)

Robert's mother, who is joyfully reunited with her son and old friends.

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