in sally in three worlds, anthropologist Virginia Kerns has written a detailed and engaging account of the life of a young Pahvant Ute woman who was kidnapped by Indigenous captors (possibly the Ute leader Wakara and his brother) and sold to Latter-day Saint settlers when she was in her late teens. Sally, as the Latter-day Saint community came to call the captive, then lived most of her life as a domestic laborer, working for members of Brigham Young's extended family. She eventually became the cook at the Lion House for Young and his large plural family. In total, she labored for the Latter-day Saint leader and his family for over thirty years until she was in her early fifties. In return, she received food and shelter but no pay.
After Sally had served in Young's household for most of her adult life, Young informed her that she would marry...