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Antebellum Era

Research Guides

19th & Early 20th Century Black Women’s Health: Mental Disabilities & Sterilization

Isabelle Duval /

A brief explanation of African-Americans with disabilities during slavery and how the treatment they faced shaped their presence in the disabled community during the 19th century. As well as a HistoryPin detailing the American asylums and hospitals that served African-Americans.

Research Guides

Slavery and Mental Health: Accounts and Rhetoric

Gwyn Gutheil /

Bigoted rhetoric has been a detrimental staple in the discussion of Black mental health since enslavement.

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