For the Health of the Enslaved: Slaves, Medicine and Power in the Danish West Indies, 1803-1848

by Niklas Thode Jensen

With the abolition of the Danish slave trade in the early nineteenth century, slave health had become a central concern in the Danish West Indies for plantation owners and colonial administrators who were no longer able to replace a population decimated by high mortality rates with slaves from Africa. In For the Health of the Enslaved, Niklas Thode Jensen offers a comprehensive look at the health conditions of the enslaved at that time and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8763531712
• ISBN13: 9788763531719
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"