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Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Downs, Jim (Assistant Professor of History and American Studies, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies, Connecticut College, New York, NY)
Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Downs, Jim (Assistant Professor of History and American Studies, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies, Connecticut College, New York, NY)
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.
288 pages, 20 halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 31, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780199758722 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 280 |
Dimensions | 165 × 235 × 24 mm · 504 g |