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Patterning of Skeletal Lead Content in Barbados Slaves

1987 (R. S. Corruccini, A. C. Aufderheide, J. S. Handler, and L. Wittmers) “Patterning of Skeletal Lead Content in Barbados Slaves.” Archaeometery 29: 233-39 Lead concentration patterns have proven useful in interpreting some aspects of slavery in colonial North American … Continue reading

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Lead Contact and Poisoning in Barbados Slaves: Historical, Chemical, and Biological Evidence

1986 (J. S. Handler, A. C. Aufderheide, and R. S. Corruccini) “Lead Contact and Poisoning in Barbados Slaves: Historical, Chemical, and Biological Evidence.” Social Science History 10: 399-425. Lead contact and lead poisoning have received scant attention in discussions of … Continue reading

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