Healing During Slavery Times:
Medical and Herbal Practices Remembered
(Condensed Edition)

by Patricia B. Mitchell

Healing During Slavery Times

An introductory discussion of medical practices involving slaves in the American South, with emphasis on their own recollections, authored by Patricia B. Mitchell. Published 2026. 92 research notes, 37 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Soft cover, saddle-stitched. ISBN-10: 1-929384-22-X. ISBN-13: 978-1-929384-20-8.


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This Compact Edition of Healing During Slavery Times is condensed from the six-times-as-large original Bookshelf Edition. The original edition contains many additional quotes, a detailed glossary of herbs and medicines discussed in those quotes, and a thorough alphabetical index — all to aid serious readers and scholars in their studies. This much smaller volume is intended as a brief and helpful introduction to this fascinating topic.

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