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White-led medical facilities treat enslaved Black communities in the South.

1828-1861

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Between 1828 and 1861, over 40 individual doctors, physician-partnerships, medical colleges, and institutes across the seven Southern states will announce or advertise medical facilities available for the treatment of enslaved Black patients.

Kenny (2009) writes: "Slavery created a market for doctors specializing in slave health care and...hospitals were useful tools for servicing slavery’s imperatives and priorities." While this is often marketed as a charitable model, it is driven by the intent of keeping Black people healthy for the "slave" labor economy in the South.