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Noun Concept
Categories: Race and health in the United States, Scientific racism, Fugitive American slaves, Obsolete medical terms, Social problems in medicine
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drapetomania  Drapetemania  Draptomania
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Drapetomania was a supposed mental illness that, in 1851, American physician Samuel A. Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Africans fleeing captivity. Wikipedia
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Drapetomania was a supposed mental illness that, in 1851, American physician Samuel A. Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Africans fleeing captivity. Wikipedia
conjectural mental illness linked to scientific racism Wikidata
A mental illness described in the 19th century that supposedly caused black slaves to flee captivity. OmegaWiki
The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness. Wiktionary
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mental disorder
pathological journey
scientific racism
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Samuel A. Cartwright
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Drapetemania, Draptomania

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