How Colonial Power, Colonized People, and Nature Shaped Hansen’s Disease Settlements in Suriname

According to the Dutch colonizers in Suriname, leprosy (or Hansen’s disease) was highly contagious and transmitted from human-to-human. A “<i>cordon sanitaire</i>” was constructed around the patients, mainly African slaves and Asian indentured laborers and their descendants. They were tr...

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Autori principali: Henk Menke, Toine Pieters, Jack Menke
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Serie:Societies
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Accesso online:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/10/2/32