May 11, 2021 10:49 am GMT
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In 1844, New Orleans slave Sally Miller claimed to be a free German immigrant pressed into bondage
In 1844 New Orleans was riveted by a dramatic trial: A slave claimed that she was really a free immigrant who had been pressed into bondage as a young girl. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Sally Miller's fight for freedom, which challenged notions of race and social hierarchy in antebellum Louisiana. — Read the rest
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