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The Lost German Slave Girl

2003-01-01 German Americans
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Release : 2003-01-01
Genre : German Americans
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Book Rating : 928/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Lost German Slave Girl by : John Bailey

Download or read book The Lost German Slave Girl written by John Bailey. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical narrative based in 19th century America, about the battle to free an enslaved German girl. In 1843 New Orleans, Madame Carl recognises the daughter of her closest friend who she last saw 25 years ago. The young woman is the slave of a Frenchman owner of a nearby caberet. Narrative examines slavery laws during the 19th century, describes the court room drama surrounding the case, and offers a portrait of a young woman in pursuit of freedom. Includes endnotes. Author is winner of the NSW Premier's Award for History, and the WA Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction. He has previously written 'The White Divers of Broome'.

The Lost German Slave Girl

2007-12-01 History
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Release : 2007-12-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 78X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Lost German Slave Girl by : John Bailey

Download or read book The Lost German Slave Girl written by John Bailey. This book was released on 2007-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of slavery and its laws and an unforgettable portrait of a young woman in pursuit of freedom. “Reads like a legal thriller” (The Washington Post). It is a spring morning in New Orleans, 1843. In the Spanish Quarter, on a street lined with flophouses and gambling dens, Madame Carl recognizes a face from her past. It is the face of a German girl, Sally Miller, who disappeared twenty-five years earlier. But the young woman is property, the slave of a nearby cabaret owner. She has no memory of a “white” past. Yet her resemblance to her mother is striking, and she bears two telltale birthmarks. In brilliant novelistic detail, award-winning historian John Bailey reconstructs the exotic sights, sounds, and smells of mid-nineteenth-century New Orleans, as well as the incredible twists and turns of Sally Miller’s celebrated and sensational case. Did Miller, as her relatives sought to prove, arrive from Germany under perilous circumstances as an indentured servant or was she, as her master claimed, part African, and a slave for life? The Lost German Slave Girl is a tour de force of investigative history that reads like a suspense novel. “Bailey keeps us guessing until the end in this page-turning true courtroom drama of 19th-century New Orleans . . . [He] brings to life the fierce legal proceedings with vivid strokes.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Lose Your Mother

2008-01-22 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2008-01-22
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 157/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lose Your Mother by : Saidiya Hartman

Download or read book Lose Your Mother written by Saidiya Hartman. This book was released on 2008-01-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original, thought-provoking meditation on the corrosive legacy of slavery from the 16th century to the present.--Elizabeth Schmidt, "The New York Times."

Lost German Slave Girl -Lib

2005-11-01 History
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Release : 2005-11-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 927/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lost German Slave Girl -Lib by : John Bailey

Download or read book Lost German Slave Girl -Lib written by John Bailey. This book was released on 2005-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In brilliant novelistic detail, an award-winning historian presents the storyof a slave named Sally Miller, who in 1843 was believed by members of the NewOrleans' German community to have been illegally enslaved.

Copper Sun

2012-06-19 Young Adult Fiction
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Release : 2012-06-19
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
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Book Rating : 117/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Copper Sun by : Sharon M. Draper

Download or read book Copper Sun written by Sharon M. Draper. This book was released on 2012-06-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) In this “searing work of historical fiction” (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever known—except hope. Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, adored by her family, and fortunate enough to live in a beautiful village, it never occurred to her that it could all be taken away in an instant. But that was what happened when her village was invaded by slave traders. Her family was brutally murdered as she was dragged away to a slave ship and sent to be sold in the Carolinas. There she was bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a "birthday present". Now, survival is all Amari can dream about. As she struggles to hold on to her memories, she also begins to learn English and make friends with a white indentured servant named Molly. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, Amari and Molly seize it, fleeing South to the Spanish colony in Florida at Fort Mose. Along the way, their strength is tested like never before as they struggle against hunger, cold, wild animals, hurricanes, and people eager to turn them in for reward money. The hope of a new life is all that keeps them going, but Florida feels so far away and sometimes Amari wonders how far hopes and dreams can really take her.

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