[2] Lupelta (Kathleen Noisette) is a mixed-race Congolese girl who was stolen at birth and raised by a hostile tribe.

Before she is sold into slavery, she is rescued by an African-American military battalion under the command of Captain Paul Dale (Lorenzo Tucker).

[6] Tucker, who also appeared in Micheaux’s films, was promoted as a “black Valentino” because of his good looks and dashing on-screen persona.

[7] A Daughter of the Congo received severe criticism from Theophilus Lewis, a columnist with the Amsterdam News, an African-American weekly newspaper in New York City.

Lewis took Micheaux to task for his presentation of African society and for perceived racism in the cast through his selection of actors by skin color.