Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
A historical study of how enslaved people, plants, and medical practices intersected in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, revealing the exchange and suppression of botanical knowledge.
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This book examines the medical practices and plant knowledge that emerged from interactions between enslaved people and European colonizers in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world.
It investigates how botanical and medical information was exchanged, adapted, and sometimes suppressed within colonial and plantation settings.
The work highlights the contributions of enslaved individuals to medical knowledge and the broader implications for the history of science and medicine.
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