Dea H Boster: 1 book

Book cover of African American Slavery and Disability

African American Slavery and Disability

Bodies, Property and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860

by Dea H. Boster
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

Disability is often mentioned in discussions of slave health, mistreatment and abuse, but constructs of how "able" and "disabled" bodies influenced the institution of slavery has gone largely overlooked. This volume uncovers a history of disability in African American slavery from...
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