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Paperback LADD SCHOOL & THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND Book

ISBN: 171776276X

ISBN13: 9781717762764

LADD SCHOOL & THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND

In 1908, in the woods of Exeter, RI, a small facility opened for the supposed purpose of training mentally-challenged men in a variety of trades. There was room for eight inmates. In just a few years, the facility began accepting women and children deemed to be feeble-minded. Eventually, a thousand individuals were crammed into metal beds, thrashing naked on the floor, forced to eat rotten food and drink out of toilets. Medical procedures were performed...

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