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Lockley, Timothy James (2013) Black mortality in antebellum Savannah. Social History of Medicine, Volume 26 (Number 4). pp. 633-652. doi:10.1093/shm/hkt003
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkt003
Abstract
Black mortality in an urban environment in the antebellum South is relatively under-researched. This article is based on burial records from Savannah between 1853 and 1861 and argues that black mortality in Savannah was noticeably better than on nearby plantations and was broadly comparable to white mortality. This is in contrast to previous studies on slave mortality which have tended to stress that black mortality was worse than white. I conclude by arguing that mortality was linked to more closely to class than race in Savannah.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | E History America > E151 United States (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Slavery -- United States, Death -- United States, African Americans -- Georgia, African Americans -- Mortality -- Georgia | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social History of Medicine | ||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0951-631X | ||||
| Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 26 | ||||
| Number: | Number 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 633-652 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/shm/hkt003 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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