Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
"[Long] does a good job in telling the story of the newly freed men and women working to build themselves professionally and to care for others."--Journal of Civil War Medicine"A rewarding synthesis brimming with new insights and original analysis and makes an important contribution to the historiography."--Civil War Book Review"Doctoring Freedomwill prove useful reading for U.S. health care providers, policymakers, and others interested in understanding the complex interrelationships of power and authority, health care access, and equal rights and citizenship that have characterized the history of black and white medical culture from the antebellum period to the present day."--World Medical & Health Policy"Because of Long's multifaceted approach to understanding what happened, this is a must-read for historians of the Civil War era, the history of medicine, African American history, and the history of the South, no matter how many other books the reader may have already tackled."--The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"A well-written, tightly constructed narrative. . . .Doctoring Freedomis an extremely well-researched and -documented work."--North Carolina Historical Review"[A] briskly paced, well-informed study. . . . Long treats her subject with breadth and subtlety."--Journal of American History"In very accessible language, Long unearths black voices through rich primary sources. . . . Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries."--Choice