Emancipations: Dr. Jim Downs

A public lecture by the author of SICK FROM FREEDOM: AFRICAN-AMERICAN ILLNESS AND SUFFERING DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (Oxford, 2012). Sponsored by the Nelson Institute Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE); the Harvey Goldberg Center; the Institute for Research in the Humanities; the Department of Medical History and Bioethics; the Department of History; the Department of Afro-American Studies; and the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies