Copyright © 2003 by John Bailey

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First published in 2003 in Australia by
Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia

Published simultaneously in Canada
Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bailey, John, 1944 Dec. 15-

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

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.).

ISBN-10: 0-8021-4229-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4229-0

1. Mèiler, Salomâ, b. ca. 1809. 2. Mèiler, Salomâ, b. ca. 1809—Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Slaves—Louisiana—New Orleans—Biography. 4. Women, White—Louisiana— New Orleans—Biography. 5. German Americans—Louisiana—New Orleans— Biography. 6. Trials—Louisiana—New Orleans. 7. Slaves—Emancipation— Louisiana—New Orleans. 8. Slavery—Social aspects—Louisiana—New Orleans— History—19th century. 9. New Orleans (La.)—Race relations. 10. New Orleans
(La.)—Biography. I. Title.
F379.N553M553 2004
305.8’9687295’076335—dc22

2004050264

Front cover image: The Match Girl, 1834 (oil on canvas) by George Whiting Flagg (1816-97). Reproduced with the permission of The New York Historical Society and The Bridgeman Art Library.

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