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M. D. Schaffer's 'Drapetomania: A Negro Carol' is a wild ride through history by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") In 1851 in an article written for DeBow's Review that was published in New Orleans, Dr. Samuel Cartwright, a physician, created a pseudoscientific term he called "drapetomania."  He crafted drapetomania, from two Greek words drapetes ("runaway slaves")  and mania (madness)  to explain the reason why Southern slaves […] The post M. D. Schaffer's 'Drape…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 02:29PM on April 20, 2023

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