Another Dimension to the Black Diaspora: Diet, Disease and Racism Book

Preface; Acknowledgements;

Part I. African Beginnings: Introduction to part I;

1. The black man's cradle and the white man's grave;

Part II. Immunities: Epidemiology and the Slave Trade: Introduction to part II;
2. Yellow fever in black and white;
3. Bad air in a new world;
4. Tropical killers, race and the peculiar institution;

Part III. Susceptibilities: Introduction to part III;
5. 'Negro diseases': an introductory glimpse;
6. Nutrients and nutriments;
7. The children;
8. Aliments and ailments;
9. Selection for infection;
10. Cholera and race;

Part IV. Antebellum Medicine: Introduction to part IV;
11. Slave medicine;
12. Physicians versus the slaves;

Part V. Sequelae and Legacy: Introduction to part V;
13. Epilogue: cradle to grave; Notes; Bibliographic essay; Index.