The lost German slave girl

Description:

The author plumbs the boundaries of slave law and identity in the nineteenth century, focusing on the famous case of Sally Miller--a German girl who was reported to have been kidnapped and sold into slavery in New Orleans.

subjects: Race relations,  German Americans,  Social aspects of Slavery,  Trials,  White Women,  Slavery,  Trials, litigation,  Slaves,  Emancipation,  Biography,  History,  Social aspects,  Large type books,  Slaves, united states,  Slaves, emancipation, united states,  Trials, united states,  Slaves, united states, social conditions,  Women, united states, biography,  New orleans (la.), biography,  Southern states, race relations,  New orleans (la.), history,  Social conditions,  Enslaved persons, united states,  Enslaved persons, emancipation, united states,  Enslaved persons, united states, social conditions

People: Salomé Müller (b. ca. 1809)

Places: Louisiana,  New Orleans,  New Orleans (La.)

Times: 19th century