Amy W. (Trinity7202) reviewed The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
What a great book! The author did a fantastic job of illustrating Sally Miller's case while briefly touching on other landmark slavery cases of the day. The research was very thorough and brought out the human side of the case. There was a great twist at the end of the book you wouldnt expect that leaves you thinking about it even after youve finished reading it. Definately worth a read!
Glenn H. reviewed The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans on + 80 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book was recommended to me by a friend, thought it questionable because of the content, but read it anyway and glad I did. It is set in New Orleans in the early and mid 1800s and involves the community of German immigrants, their journey to America, and then zeroes in on the life of a slave girl who claims to be the daughter of one of these immigrants who is mislabeled as a black and sold into slavery in near New Orleans, Louisana. The primary emphasis which kept me enthralled was the court case trying to prove her to be white rather than a quadroon lineage having black blood. I learned a great deal about the laws involving the ownership of slaves in the South by reading this informative and interesting novel.
Margaret D. (MMG) reviewed The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I'm still trying to decide what I think really happened. Good story.
