Medicine and Slavery - The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia (Paperback, New Ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Blacks in the New World
Release date:	1981
First published:	2002
Authors:	Todd L. Savitt
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-00874-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
LSN:	0-252-00874-X
Barcode:	9780252008740

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