Doctoring freedom : the politics of African American medical care in slavery and emancipation
by
Long, Margaret Geneva, author.
Title
:
Doctoring freedom : the politics of African American medical care in slavery and emancipation
Author
:
Long, Margaret Geneva, author.
ISBN
:
9780807837399
9781469601472
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xi, 234 pages).
Series
:
John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Abstract
:
For enslaved and newly freed African Americans, attaining freedom and citizenship without health for themselves and their families would have been an empty victory. Even before emancipation, African Americans recognized that control of their bodies was a critical battleground in their struggle for autonomy, and they devised strategies to retain at least some of that control. In Doctoring Freedom, Gretchen Long tells the stories of African Americans who fought for access to both medical care and medical education, showing the important relationship between medical practice and political identit.
Subject Term
:
Slaves -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- history.
Delivery of Health Care -- history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Physicians -- history.
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 376892-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |