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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE— OVERVIEW OF ENSLAVEMENT AND MEDICINE, PART TWO—AFRICANS, MEDICAL THEORIES AND PRACTICES, PART THREE—AFRICAN MATERIA MEDICA AND ENSLAVEMENT

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Katherine Bankole PhD

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Katherine Bankole, Katherine Bankole-Medina
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781138012059
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01205-9
• Seiten: 348
• Serien: Studies in African American History and Culture; Studies in African American Hi; Studies in African American History and Culture; Studies in African American Hi
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges