Summary: The Horrors Of Medical Care For Slaves

Life under slavery was harsh, and during the mid-1800s, it was the main way of living in the South. Unlike the North, the South had very few industries, but made up for this with plantations. They then gained wealth by using slavery as they pleased, but under slavery, African- Americans were treated brutally. Under this kind of treatment, slaves made many ways to endure this pain and even sometimes then rebel.

The daily life of a slave in North Carolina was incredibly difficult. Hard workers, especially those in the field, played from sunrise until sundown. Even small kids and the elderly were not exempt from these long work hours. Slaves were generally granted a day off on Sunday, and on infrequent holidays such as Christmas or the Fourth of July.

In this assignment I will be taking a further look into the history of slavery. When thinking of slavery the immediate thought that comes to mind is all the negative aspects of the system. Prior to this research, I was unaware of slave systems that were not based on the long labor hours and the torture of slaves. Granted, there were still forms of slavery that practiced these brutal rituals, where slaves were treated as animals and were malnourished. One prime example of this, is the book titled “Am I Not A Woman And A Sister”, looks at the history of a Bermudan slave named Mary Prince. Another example of slavery that will be incorporated in this paper will come from a source about a woman slave named Semsigul, born in Caucasus an area that

When black slavery first started in the United States, all the slaves were being imported from Africa. Slowly overtime slaves were being born in the United States instead of solely being brought from Africa. The birth rate of the slaves was not high enough to depend on the reproduction of

Slavery was a system of forced labor popular in the 17th and 18th century that exploited and oppressed blacks. Slavery was an issue in the US that brought on many complex responses. Slave labor introduced to the United States a multitude of issues that questioned political, economical, and social morals. As slave labor increased due to the booming of cottage industries with the market revolution, reactions to these issues differed between regions, creating a sectional split of the United States between industrial North and plantation South. Historiographers Kenneth Stampp, Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman, and Eugene Genovese, in their respective articles, attempt to interpret the attitudes of American slaves toward their experiences of work as well as the social and economic implications of slave labor.

Ophelia Settle Egypt, informally known as Ophie, was an African American woman ahead of her time. She attained the educational status of less than one percent of the American population, was liberal and accepting of others despite the criticism around her, fought to end racism, worked independently of her husband, and believed in limiting family growth. All of Egypt’s beliefs and lifetime achievements represent a new type of woman: a woman who refuses to assimilate to her gender stereotype of weak, inferior, and domestic. Egypt dedicated her life to social work through various activities. She worked as a sociologist, researcher, teacher, director of organizations, and social worker at different times in her life. Egypt’s book, The Unwritten History of Slavery (1968), and the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Southeast Washington D.C. named after her represent Egypt’s legacy and how one person is capable of social change.

Antebellum south had many issues, but one of the most pervasive of the time was the wide spread of disease and insufficient medical treatments. During that time the most widespread diseases included yellow fever, cholera, smallpox and malaria these diseases had almost a sixty percent mortality rate (“Antebellum Louisiana 1: Disease, Death and Mourning” ). Although medical advances and science were minimal there were attempts and different practices in attempt to heal the sick. Methods of treatment included different techniques, some dabbled with herbs, others bleed and other yet relied on ancestor and religious spirits. Slave owners did not seek physician treatment for slaves unusually it was dire thus leading to the slave community taking

During the Civil War, slaves within the Confederacy, had to go through many challenges to survive. One of their challenges included finding the health care they needed to survive the harsh conditions of labor. They suffered from poor sanitation resulting to infections in open wounds and different types of diseases such as smallpox, measles, influenza and more, all depending on where their plantation was settled. Seeking health care was very hard because they were slaves. Some were left with very little options or no options at all. Most of the slaves either depended on their master for healthcare, try to escape the slave owning states to the Union/ the North, or volunteer to be enlisted for the war.

This class focuses on offenses that have occurred nationwide, leaving a long lasting negative impact on the world. This class has been discussing who is to be collectively held accountable for wrongdoings in society and the kinds of reparations done to right these wrongs. The discussion of the medical crimes committed during the Holocaust done by the Germans was an enthralling part of the discussion, and it was interesting to see how the Nazis were held accountable and how they took accountability for their actions. Americans, on the contrary, have committed their fair share of medical scandals, and have done little to accept responsibility. This essay looks at Eugenics, The Tuskegee Experiment, and the Stateville Penitentiary Malaria Study and the prejudice used against minority groups.

Slavery was a terrible time in our countries history and most people do not realize how bad health care was. Especially when the weather was difficult to work in for the workers. In the 1700’s a large number of slaves suffered from many illnesses. Most were poorly cared for when they had become sick. This was mainly caused by weather conditions and from new slaves that brought diseases with them. Slaves were not very cared for during the Revolutionary War and had a difficult time with these rough diseases spreading rapidly.

“The Horrors of a Slave Ship,” describes in detail, the tragic experiences of Olaudah Equiano as a captive slave. Equiano suffered many sleepless nights; he was flogged and kidnapped multiple times. In the article, the author is trying to give the reader the feeling by giving details of the brutally floggings and desperation as many slaves suffocated to death as they were placed in an overcrowded deck. Overall, the author tries to give readers their point across of the difficulties in being a captive slave.

Many diseases were treated by the practice of bleeding or sweating. Physicians during this time believed that the release of fluids from the body was proof of medical treatment, showing that some form of therapy had been induced (“The Early 19th Century American Medical Worldview”). When someone became sick during this time, the ill person’s family was left to treat them first, and if they did not respond well to the home remedies, a physician was called. Although the treatments practiced on slaveholders were more advanced than those used on slaves, they were even more detrimental. Sometimes, the practices of physicians were more harmful than they were helpful. In conclusion, the medical practices used on slaves were less advanced than those used on their slaveholders, although sometimes the more advanced the practice, the more harmful the

In the antebellum South, slavery was the most contagious and infectious disease affecting everybody. Men, women, and children were affected either physically, mentally, or both. Some people were consumed entirely by slavery, not being able to escape to freedom. Others were lucky enough to flee slavery, but at the cost of having to carry a heavy burden the rest of their lives. Apart from people, the environment was also afflicted by slavery. The antebellum South suffered from racism, violence, abuse, discrimination, and inequality. The ideologies of slavery as a disease can be examined through the novels of Frederick Douglass and Octavia E. Butler. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the

The ill temper of slaves could come from the separation of family, including if it’s a mother to her children. When thinking of separation from family, a great example would be right in a local mall. A common shopping area, when all the sudden the crowd gets massive and separation happens between two people. The separation between mother and daughter or even a grandmother getting stuck in the bathroom after dining in a Chili's. The same concept applies with slavery, leaving Africa and getting on an overcrowded ship, hoping to survive being a sardine for a couple months. Then being brought onto a stage with your family in front of dozen's of white men, to be auctioned off and sold individually to a different plantation. Fredrick even dealt

Look back to where you have been, for a clue to where you are going. “Theories said history repeat itself. Goree Island was one of the main primary slave holding warehouse located along the coast of Senegal. Portuguese was the first to discover Goree Island, in 1776 Portuguese built “The House of Slaves” were being upheld against inherent personal choices, unsanitary living environment exchange as item through audition.