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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  Cover Image Book Book

The lost German slave girl : the extraordinary true story of the slave Sally Miller and her fight for freedom in Old New Orleans / John Bailey.

Bailey, John. (Author).

Summary:

Presents the true story of Salome Muller, a German immigrant girl who was lost to her family in the early 1800s and sold into slavery, her French master who claimed she was part African, and the desperate struggle for her freedom that led to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0871139219
  • Physical Description: 268 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Citation/References Note:
Wilson's Senior High School
School Library Journal
Library Journal
Target Audience Note:
Adult Follett Library Resources.
Adult.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.6 18 114329.
Subject: Müller, Salomé, approximately 1809-
Müller, Salomé, approximately 1809- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Enslaved persons > Louisiana > New Orleans > Biography.
Women, White > Louisiana > New Orleans > Biography.
German Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Biography.
Trials > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Slavery > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Women > Louisiana > New Orleans > Biography.
German Americans > Biography.
Slavery > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Race relations.
New Orleans (La.) > Biography.

Available copies

  • 12 of 12 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Festus Public Library 305.8 Bailey (Text) 32017000065562 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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