pario examines the enslaved body a battleground and the everyday exersises in agency and resistance taken by Black American women.
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“Cotton root was used as a contraceptive by chewing on the fresh root bark. To induce the abortifacient properties, the root and seeds were used in a decoction...”
Gossypium spp. (Cotton Root Bark): A Symbol of Herbal Resistance | Culpepper
“As the word about cotton root began to spread to White doctors, they began to use Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw) to stop the contractions of miscarriages or abortions already in progress...”
Gossypium spp. (Cotton Root Bark): A Symbol of Herbal Resistance | Culpepper
“African American folk practitioners have used sugar to stop bleeding...They would apply sugar to cuts and wounds.”
African American Slave Medicine | Herbert C. Covey