Madness race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum
"On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the...
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New York, NY :
Legacy Lit,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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