Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE: "A Beautiful Spot for a Grave": Prophylaxis and Prevention in the Slave-Trade Contact Zones -- TWO: The Blood of Thousands: Slave Traders and the Fight against Disease in the Age of Abolition -- THREE: Cruising for Slaves and Boating up Rivers: Anti-Slave Trade Patrols and the Fight against Disease across the Atlantic -- FOUR: "Such an Asylum of Wretchedness": Anti-Slave Trade Reception Centers, Hospitals, and Cemeteries -- FIVE: A Shared Struggle: Cooperation, Learning, and Knowledge Exchange in the Atlantic World -- CLOSING REMARKS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge
