Medicine and Slavery: The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia
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Widely regarded as the most comprehensive study of its kind, this volume offers valuable insight into the alleged medical differences between whites and blacks that translated as racial inferiority and were used to justify slavery and discrimination. In Medicine and Slavery, Todd L. Savitt evaluates the diet, hygiene, clothing, and living and working conditions of antebellum African Americans, slave and free, and analyzes the diseases and health conditions that afflicted them in urban areas, at industrial sites, and on plantations.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:025200874X
ISBN13:9780252008740
Release Date:January 1981
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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19th Century African-American Studies Discrimination & Racism History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare Specific Demographics State & LocalCustomer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is an excellent secondary resource. Todd Savitt has compiled information usuing primary resources that allows the reader to understand the practical elements of health care for African Americans as well as poor whites during the antebellum time period.
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