[PDF.34de] Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South

Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South

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 | #238074 in Books |  2010-03-30 |  2009-09-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.20 x5.40 x8.10l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| An Unforgettable Book|By Bookworm|This book made such an impact on me, it truly changed what "I thought I knew" about the 19th century. If anyone asks me what book I would recommend on this subject- the first book I would mention is Marie Schwartz book, "Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine." The subject is difficult and very painful to read about, but I think it's a must|From Publishers Weekly|This remarkably researched and thorough book on pregnancy and childbirth among enslaved African-Americans demonstrates how the most personal and intimate aspects of slaves' lives were fraught with politics and power. Schwartz, whose previo

The deprivations and cruelty of slavery have overshadowed our understanding of the institution's most human dimension: birth. We often don't realize that after the United States stopped importing slaves in 1808, births were more important than ever; slavery and the southern way of life could continue only through babies born in bondage.

In the antebellum South, slaveholders' interest in slave women was matched by physicians struggling to assert their own profes...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South   |  Marie Jenkins Schwartz. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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