Slavery and Medicine: Enslavement and Medical Practices in Antebellum Louisiana

This study re-evaluates the field known as Negro/Slave Medicine, which has traditionally focused on the efforts of slaveowners to provide medical care for their slaves, addressing the slaves' proactive management of medical care; brutality, and the health risks posed by arduous agricultural labor.

Author: Katherine Bankole
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/02/2021
Pages: 348
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781138012059