Mortality in the slave and white populations of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, 1850 Academic Article

abstract

• A review of mortality from the 1850 census mortality schedules of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana has provided a snapshot of the health conditions of African-American slaves. The cause of death was abstracted from the mortality schedule and categorized according to the ninth revision of the Manual of the International Classification of Diseases. Children under the age of 9 accounted for 44% of the total mortality. Sixty-four percent of all deaths recorded occurred in the slave population. Sixty-two percent of the slave deaths occurred in the male population. Leading causes of death were helminthiasis, whooping cough, fever, cholera, and pneumonia. Reports of mortality due to Cachexia Africana (dirt eating) among slaves are discussed.

authors

• Rene, Antonio

published proceedings

• Journal of the National Medical Association

author list (cited authors)

• Rene, A. A., Daniels, D. E., Jones, W., & Moore, F. I

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Rene, AA||Daniels, DE||Jones, W||Moore, FI

publication date

• September 1992

publisher

• National Medical Association; 1999  Publisher

published in

• Journal of the National Medical Association  Journal

keywords

• Morbidity
• Mortality
• Slavery

PubMed Central ID

• 1404481

start page

• 805

end page

• 811

volume

• 84

issue

• 9