Monthly Archives: January 1986

Lead Contact and Poisoning in Barbados Slaves: Historical, Chemical, and Biological Evidence

1986    (J. S. Handler, A. C. Aufderheide, R.S.  Corruccini), Lead Contact and Poisoning in Barbados Slaves: Historical, Chemical, and Biological Evidence. Social Science History 10: 399-425. Lead contact and lead poisoning have received scant attention in discussions of early West … Continue reading

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Weaning among West Indian Slaves: Historical and Bioanthropological Evidence from Barbados

1986    (J. S. Handler and R. S. Corruccini), Weaning among West Indian Slaves: Historical and Bioanthropological Evidence from Barbados. William and Mary Quarterly 43: 111-17. This article demonstrates how documentary and physical evidence can be brought to bear in shedding … Continue reading

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