Research Catalog

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Description

1. 183 p. : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Studies in African American history and culture

Uniform title

1. Studies in African American history and culture.

Subject

1. Enslaved persons > Health and hygiene > History > Southern States > 19th century
2. Enslaved persons > Wounds and injuries > History > Southern States > 19th century
3. Disabilities > Social aspects > History > Southern States > 19th century
4. Human body > Social aspects > History > Southern States > 19th century
5. Health and race > Southern States > History > 19th century
6. Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century

Contents

1. Introduction : "here are the marks yet" -- The dual stigma of race and disability in antebellum America -- Sources of "unsoundness" in African American slaves -- Labor and expectation in the lives of slaves with disabilities -- Disability, value, and the language of slave sales -- Disability, mastery, and power dynamics in the antebellum South -- Epilogue and conclusion : seeing "Moses".

Call number

1. Sc E 13-344

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-175) and index.

Author

1. Boster, Dea H.

Title

1. African American slavery and disability : bodies, property, and power in the antebellum South, 1800-1860 / by Dea H. Boster.

Imprint

1. New York : Routledge, 2013.

Series

1. Studies in African American history and culture
2. Studies in African American history and culture.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-175) and index.

LCCN

1. 2012029116

Other standard identifier

1. 40021844523

ISBN

1. 9780415537247
2. 041553724X
3. 9780203110591 (ebk.)
4. 0203110595 (ebk.)

Research call number

1. Sc E 13-344