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An insight into an insane asylum /

"In 1881, Joseph Camp, an elderly and self-trained Methodist minister from Talladega County in eastern Alabama, was brought by his family to BryceHospital, an insane asylum in Tuscaloosa, where he remained for over five months. Camp, misled by relatives concerning the purpose of the trip, was s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Camp, Joseph, 1811-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.
Colección:Library of Alabama classics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / John S. Hughes
  • My Ancestors
  • Insane Hospital
  • Becoming Acquainted with the Inmates
  • Mr. Perkins
  • The Wardmasters and Mistresses
  • Mr. Perkins's Rebuke
  • Friarson and Jones
  • The First Man Ever in the Asylum
  • Nuckles's Church-Letter
  • My Son's Arrival
  • Writ of Habeas Corpus
  • Massingale and Steadmire
  • The Asylum
  • Mr. Ford
  • Settlement in Alabama
  • Coffee
  • The Discovery of Alabama by De Soto
  • First Settlers of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana
  • The Slave, His Adaptation to the Southern Climate and for Labor
  • Early Days in Georgia and Alabama
  • Stern Morality Demanded by Public Opinion
  • The Slave-Trade
  • Camp-Meetings
  • The Memories of Childhood
  • Eli Bynum
  • Biographical Note on Peter Bryce / Robert O. Mellown.