October 19, 2007
'The Two Lives of Sally Miller: A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans'
When might a Southern court have favored a slave over a slave owner? Consider The Two Lives of Sally Miller: A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans (Rutgers University Press), on a legal battle in which "the murky waters of Southern racial designation came under scrutiny."
Carol Wilson, a historian at Washington College, begins her tale with the startling claim of an immigrant woman who visited a New Orleans cafe in early 1843. Madame Karl, as she was known,
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