Birthing a Slave
Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Description: ix, 401 pages ; 21 cm
"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 into bondage. Birthing a slave depicts the competing approaches to reproductive health that evolved on plantations, as both black women and white men sought to enhance the health of enslaved mothers--in very different ways and for entirely different reasons."--P. [4] of cover.
Contents:
Procreation -- Healers -- Fertility -- Pregnancy -- Childbirth -- Postnatal complications -- Gynecological surgery -- Cancer and other tumors -- Freedwomen's health.
Subjects:
Childbirth -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Obstetrics -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Gynecology -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Motherhood -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Reproductive health -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved women -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved women -- Medical care -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- Medical care -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Childbirth -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Obstetrics -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Gynecology -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Motherhood -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Reproductive health -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved women -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved women -- Medical care -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- Medical care -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780674034921 (pbk.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH History Sch | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HEALTH History Sch | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-390) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-390) and index.