Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Londa Schiebinger examines the medical knowledge of enslaved people in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, tracing the connections among plants, healing, and systems of power. This work of history brings attention to overlooked contributions to medicine and the complex circulation of knowledge across the Atlantic.
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Secret Cures of Slaves explores medical knowledge in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world.
Londa Schiebinger focuses on the relationships among enslaved people, plants, and healing practices.
The book considers how medicine and knowledge were shaped within a world marked by slavery and Atlantic exchange.
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