African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860 by Dea H. Boster

Studies in African American History and Culture

African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860

Dea H. Boster

184 pages paperback

2 editions

nonfiction health history
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Disability is often mentioned in discussions of slave health, mistreatment and abuse, but constructs of how "able" and "disabled" bodies influenced the institution of slavery has gone largely overlooked. This volume uncovers a history of disabilit...

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