drapetomania : Gay & Black Glossary

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drapetomania
At the time of the American Civil War, a southern physician, Samuel Cartwright, argued that many of the slaves suffered from a form of mental illness, which he called drapetomania, diagnosed as the uncontrollable urge to escape from slavery.

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