Coy James Memorial Lecture: “Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools

The 2023 Coy James Memorial lecturer is special guest, Dr. Chris D. E. Willoughby, author of “Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools.” Dr. Willoughby states that “Medical science in antebellum America was organized around a paradox: it presumed African Americans to be less than human yet still human enough to be viable as experimental subjects, as cadavers, and for use in the training of medical students. By taking a hard look at the racial ideas of both northern and southern medical schools, Dr. Willoughby reveals that racist ideas were not external to the medical profession but fundamental to medical knowledge. Please join us for this informative presentation.

This event is sponsored by the following Albion College departments: History; English; Anthropology/Sociology; and the Wilson Center.