Necropolis

Kathryn Olivarius

Harvard University Press, 2022

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In antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less equal. Kathryn Olivarius explores the resulting framework of “immunocapital.” For whites, immunity signaled creditworthiness. For enslaved Blacks, immunity enhanced their exploitability, relegating them to the harshest labor.

ISBN-13
9780674241053
ISBN-10
0674241053
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2022
Publication date
2022-04-19
Pages
352
Dimensions
167x244x34
Weight
602