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Carol Wilson - The Two Lives of Sally Miller. A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans.  - 9780813540580 - V9780813540580
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The Two Lives of Sally Miller. A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans.

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Description for The Two Lives of Sally Miller. A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans. Paperback. In 1843, the Louisiana Supreme Court heard the case of a slave named Sally Miller, who claimed to have been born a free white person in Germany. This book explores this legal case and its reflection on broader questions about race, society, and law in the antebellum South. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.

In 1843, the Louisiana Supreme Court heard the case of a slave named Sally Miller, who claimed to have been born a free white person in Germany. Sally, a very light-skinned slave girl working in a New Orleans caf, might not have known she had a case were it not for a woman who recognized her as Salom Muller, with whom she had emigrated from Germany over twenty years earlier. Sally decided to sue for her freedom, and was ultimately freed, despite strong evidence contrary to her claim.

In The Two Lives of Sally Miller, Carol Wilson explores this fascinating ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813540580
SKU
V9780813540580
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About Carol Wilson
Carol Wilson is an associate professor of history at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.

Reviews for The Two Lives of Sally Miller. A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans.
This book is an original and provocative exploration of a purported case of mistaken identity. Wilson offers a unique look at questions of racial identity under the law in the early republic.
Timothy S. Huebner
author of The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distincti
In this carefully researched volume Wilson deftly deals with all aspects ... Read more

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