A portrait of John Brown, who escaped slavery and published an autobiography about his experiences, after he arrived in England

A portrait of John Brown, who escaped slavery and published an autobiography about his experiences, after he arrived in England

John Brown, a victim of the 18th century physician who seemed to prove scientific differences between black and white bodies

In the early 18th century, myths about physical racial differences started arising as a justification for slavery and dehumanisation of people of color. The portrait is of the black man, Josh Brown, who was tortured and experimented on by a physician who believed in physiological differences between black and white people, particularly those which "proved" lack of intelligence and promiscuity in black people in order to provide support for racist ideology.

Villarosa, Linda. “How False Beliefs in Physical Racial Difference Still Live in Medicine Today.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

1855

Valeriia Rubanova

Behn, Aphra, "Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave"

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