MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 120730s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aBoster, Dea H.
245 10 $aAfrican American slavery and disability :$bbodies, property, and power in the antebellum South, 1800-1860 /$cby Dea H. Boster.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2013.
300 $a183 p. :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aStudies in African American history and culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-175) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : "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".
650 0 $aSlaves$xHealth and hygiene$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlaves$xWounds and injuries$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aDisabilities$xSocial aspects$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aHealth and race$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.