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Middle Passages And Forced Migrations: Liberated Africans In Nineteenth-Century Us Camps And Ships, Sharla Fett
Middle Passages And Forced Migrations: Liberated Africans In Nineteenth-Century Us Camps And Ships, Sharla Fett
Sharla Fett
Between 1858 and 1860, Africans liberated by the US Navy from four slave ships near the Cuban coast were detained in Federal custody before being transported for resettlement in Liberia. This article draws on the concept of 'middle passage' and 'forced migration' to explore the conditions under which the US government seized, detained, and transported Africans rescued from illegal trafficking. Looking at slave trade suppression through the lens of forced migration rather than legal process not only illuminates the traumatic aftermath of the original Middle Passage but also connects the voyages of liberated African shipmates to a broader history of …
Race, Medicine And The South, Sharla Fett
Race, Medicine And The South, Sharla Fett
Sharla Fett
Three recent studies by historians Todd Savitt, Steven Stowe, and Marie Jenkins Schwartz demonstrated both the importance of social history methods to southern medical studies and the insights that medical history offers to understanding slavery and race in the U.S. South. Todd Savitt’s collection of essays combine the insights of contemporary public health and medical science with meticulous archival research to present an important body of work detailing African American health and medical institutions before and after emancipation. Steven Stowe and Marie Jenkins Schwartz, both of whom produced important earlier works on slavery and southern family life, turn their attention …
The Reaper's Garden: Death And Power In The World Of Atlantic Slavery, Sharla Fett
The Reaper's Garden: Death And Power In The World Of Atlantic Slavery, Sharla Fett
Sharla Fett
The article reviews the book "The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery," by Vincent Brown.
Review: Doctoring The South: Southern Physicians And Everyday Medicine In The Mid-Nineteenth Century, Sharla Fett
Review: Doctoring The South: Southern Physicians And Everyday Medicine In The Mid-Nineteenth Century, Sharla Fett
Sharla Fett
No abstract provided.
Review: The Watermelon's Song, Sharla Fett
Review: The Watermelon's Song, Sharla Fett
Sharla Fett
eviews the book 'The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina,' by David S. Cecelski.
Working Cures: Healing, Health, And Power On Southern Slave Plantations, Sharla Fett
Working Cures: Healing, Health, And Power On Southern Slave Plantations, Sharla Fett
Sharla Fett
No abstract provided.
Review: Science, Race, And Religion In The American South: John Bachman And The Charleston Circle Of Naturalists, 1815–1895, Sharla Fett
Sharla Fett
No abstract provided.