In the first half of the 19th century, the safeguarding of the health of the enslaved workers became a central concern for plantation owners and colonial admini

Working Cures explores black health under slavery showing how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery and other African American healing practices became arts of resist

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

Widely regarded as the most comprehensive study of its kind, this volume offers valuable insight into the alleged medical differences between whites and blacks

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that thes