[PDF.11qz] Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South

Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South

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 | #626924 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

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. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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