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The Lost German Slave Girl : The Extraordinary True Story of the Slave Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans by John Bailey (2004, Hardcover)

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It is a spring morning in New Orleans, 1843. In the Spanish Quarter, on a street lined with flophouses and gambling dens, Madame Carl recognizes the face of a German girl who disappeared twenty-five years earlier. But the olive-skinned woman is a slave, with no memory of a white past. And yet her resemblance to her mother is striking, and she bears two telltale birthmarks. Had a defenseless European orphan been illegally enslaved, or was she an imposter? So begins one of the most celebrated and sensational trials of nineteenth-century America. In brilliant novelistic detail, award-winning historian John Bailey uses Miller's dramatic trial to describe the fascinating laws and customs surrounding slavery, immigration, and racial mixing. Did Miller, as her relatives sought to prove, arrive from Germany under perilous circumstances as an indentured servant or was she, as her master claimed, a slave for life? The trial pits a humble community of German immigrants against a hardened capitalist and one of the most flamboyant lawyers of his time. Bailey follows the case's incredible twists and turns all the way to the Supreme Court and comes to a shocking conclusion in this investigative history that reads like a suspense novel.

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Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0871139219
ISBN-13
9780871139214
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30888536

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Book Title
Lost German Slave Girl : The Extraordinary True Story of the Slave Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans
Author
John Bailey
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / 19th Century, General, Legal History, United States / General, Historical
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
F379.N553m553 2004
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2004-050264
Dewey Decimal
973.7/115/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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by drelynOct 13, 2008
Wonderful!
I really enjoy history books and history based fiction. This book was a very good read. It's about the fight to free a slave girl based on the premise that she is German and not black. This book will have you fighting for her because of the "proof!" then realizing that that shouldn't matter...because no one should have been enslaved regardless. It is a very well written story and very crafty. The perspective this book allows you to gain is priceless and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in history and/or complexities of human interaction and prejudices.
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by pwittschMay 21, 2018
Couldn’t put the book down. Extremely interesting true story.
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by eastsightsJun 30, 2020
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A interesting read.
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by binkee_sunFeb 07, 2007
Great book!
My fascination with the South during the Civil War and an interesting twist of a German girl somehow ending up in slavery. The book reads like a history book. Very well written.

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The Lost German Slave Girl : The Extraordinary True Story of the Slave Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans by John Bailey (2004, Hardcover)

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