Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780190218263 |
ISBN 10 | 9780190218263 |
Author | Associate Professor of History Jim Downs |
Language | English |
Book Description | Sick from Freedom provides the first study of the health conditions of emancipated slaves and reveals the epidemics, illnesses, and poverty that former slaves suffered from when slavery ended and freedom began. |
About the Author | Jim Downs is Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Connecticut College. He is the editor of Taking Back the Academy: History of Activism, History as Activism and Why We Write: The Politics and Practice of Writing for Social Change. Read more |
Publication Date | 2015-01-01 |
Number of Pages | 280 pages |
Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Reconstruction