This collective biography illuminates how the lives and successes of fourteen African American physicians who became surgeons during the American Civil War challenged the prescribed notions of race in America and played a crucial role in the evolving definition of freedom and patriotism.
- | Author: Jill L. Newmark
- | Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
- | Publication Date: May 31, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 312 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0809339048
- | ISBN-13: 9780809339044