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"Carried to the Swamp": Race, Place, and Geographies of Infant Death in the Post-Emancipation American South.

This article examines infant abandonment, death, and burial in the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American South, predominantly in South Carolina. It investigates the physical and imaginary geographies associated with infant death, exploring how southerners navigated local landscapes t...

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Published in:Journal of Social History Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 29 - 46
Main Authors: Delay, Cara, Ware, Madeleine
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Fall2025
Subjects:
South Carolina
Infant death
Infanticide
Desertion & non-support
Interment
Racism
Southerners (U.S.)
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