<p>In North Carolina, a group of escaped slaves joins up with a Union Army regiment. They share with the Union commander a story of an enslaved woman who, though born free, was stolen into servitude. Inspired, the commander embarks on a mission with the fugitives to liberate Iola. <i>Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted</i> is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.</p>
