b. ca. 1809

Describes the twists and turns in an actual New Orleans court case of 1843 where the identity of Sally Miller, is questioned and has everything to do with her status as a slave.

Presents the true story of Salome Muller, a German immigrant girl who was lost to her family in the early 1800s and sold into slavery, her French master who claimed she was part African, and the desperate struggle for her freedom that led to the U.S. Supreme Court.