Human Branding
As with livestock, a mark burned into the skin for identification purposes. Human branding comes up routinely in slavery and crime and punishment so we will make some notes.
Telemon
Telamon was the father of the hero Ajax in Greek mythology. Telamon may also refer to: In Greek mythology, Telamon (Ancient Greek: Τελαμών, Telamōn means &#
Atlantes (architecture)
In European architectural sculpture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante or atlantid; plural atlantes) is a support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take
Orphan Train Movement
The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in r
Home Children
Home Children was the child migration scheme founded by Annie MacPherson in 1869, under which more than 100,000 children were sent from the United Kingdom
Transportation
Penal transportation or transportation was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specifie
Slavery in ancient Greece
Slavery was an accepted practice in ancient Greece, as in other societies of the time. Some Ancient Greek writers (including, most notably, Aristotle) described slav
Dysaesthesia aethiopica (lazy slave illness called rascality by the overseers)
In psychiatry, dysaesthesia aethiopica (“Black (Ethiopian) bad feeling) was an alleged mental illness described by American physician&
Drapetomania quotes
In the nineteenth century, … official Western medicine recognized drapetomania, the tendency of slaves to run away from their owners, as a disease. … With hindsight, d
Drapetomania (hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Africans fleeing captivity)
Drapetomania was a supposed mental illness that, in 1851, American physician Samuel A. Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Africans
Samuel Adolphus Cartwright (“the most prominent physician, surgeon, and medical scientist in antebellum Mississippi”)
Samuel Adolphus Cartwright (November 3, 1793 – May 2, 1863) was an American physician who practiced in Mississippi and Louisiana in the antebellum&n
Cochineal
The cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native t