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A Tuskegee study subject gets his blood drawn in the mid-20th century. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease In 1972, a wh istleblower revealed that the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) had withheld syphilis treatment from hundredsContinue reading “What Newly Digitized Records Reveal About the Tuskegee Syphilis Study”

The badges identify the wearer’s occupation, such as servant or porter.  National Museum of African American History and Culture The Smithsonian has acquired a collection of 146 slave badges from between 1800 and 1865 Starting in the late 17th century, enslavers in Charleston, South Carolina, began hiring out their enslaved laborers to earn some extra money.Continue reading “These Badges Shed New Light on the Enslaved Workers Who Built Charleston”