About this episode
Chapter 1 of Iola Leroy, a novel by Frances Watkins Harper. She was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer, one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12352 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.