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Drapetomania (mania of runaway slaves) discovered by Samuel A. Cartwright, MD. New Orleans 3/12/1851

Published as Cartwright, Samuel A. "Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race." The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. VII, no. 6 (May, 1851): 691-715. Reprinted in two parts as: Cartwright, Samuel A. “Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race,” Part 1. In DeBow’s Review, Vol. 11, Series 4 (New Orleans, 1851): 331–36. Cartwright, Samuel A. “Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race,” Part 2. In DeBow’s Review, Vol. 11, Series 4 (New Orleans, 1851): 504–8.
Drapetomania (mania of runaway slaves) discovered by Samuel A. Cartwright, MD. New Orleans 3/12/1851

Drapetomania (mania of runaway slaves) discovered by Samuel A. Cartwright, MD. New Orleans 3/12/1851