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African American slavery and disability : bodies, property, and power in the antebellum South, 1800-1860
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- Creator
- Dea H. Boster
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1136275320, 1299278876, 1136275312, 9781136275326, 0203110595, 1138920703, 041553724X, 9781299278875, 9780415537247, 9780203110591, 9781136275319
- OCLC
- ocn831464220, ocn830161409, ocn773023793
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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"
Subjects
- Enslaved persons -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
- Enslaved persons -- Wounds and injuries -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
- Disabilities -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
- Human body -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
- Health and race -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
- Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.