Title Doctoring freedom : the politics of African American medical care in slavery and emancipation / Gretchen Long

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) Series John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE: When the slaves got sick: Antebellum medical practice -- TWO: Sickness rages fearfully among them: A wartime medical crisis and its implications -- THREE: We have come out like men: African American military medical care -- FOUR: We have come to a conclusion to bind ourselves together: African American associations and medical care -- FIVE: No license; nor no deplomer: Regulating private medical practice and public space -- SIX: By nature specially fitted for the care of the sufferer: Black doctors, nurses, and patients after the war -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary For enslaved and newly freed African Americans, attaining freedom and citizenship without health for themselves and their families would have been an empty victory. Even before emancipation, African Americans recognized that control of their bodies was a critical battleground in their struggle for autonomy, and they devised strategies to retain at least some of that control. In Doctoring Freedom, Gretchen Long tells the stories of African Americans who fought for access to both medical care and medical education, showing the important relationship between medical practice and political identit Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 12, 2016) Subject Enslaved persons -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century Black or African American -- history Delivery of Health Care -- history History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Physicians -- history HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery. MEDICAL -- Health Policy. MEDICAL -- Public Health. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. Enslaved persons -- Medical care SUBJECT United States Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469601472 1469601478 9780807837399 0807837393

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