03196cam a2200469 i 4500 1232859143 TxAuBib 20240415120000.0 230819s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023036585 9781538723692 1538723697 (OCoLC)1395139095 TxAuBib rda Hylton, Antonia, author. Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum / Antonia Hylton. Race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum. First edition. New York : Legacy Lit, 2024. xiii, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Map on front lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-338) and index. A negro asylum -- All the superintendent's men -- The sea, the farm, and the forest -- What could drive a Black person mad? -- The architecture of injustice -- Cousin Maynard -- Black men are escaping -- A burning house -- A bus ride to Rosewood -- Love and broken promises -- Out of sight, out of mind -- Medical and surgical -- Nurse Faye and Sonia King -- Screaming at the sky -- The curious case of the Elkton three -- Sympathy for me, but not for thee -- In the balance -- Irredeemable or incurable -- The fire -- Closing Crownsville -- Epilogue : but by the grace of God. Madness chronicles the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried, and sometimes failed, to find safety and dignity. Hylton also grapples with her own family's experiences with mental illness, and the secrecy and shame that it reproduced for generations. As Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum-style work camp to a tiny city sitting on 1,500 acres, the institution became a microcosm of America's evolving battles over slavery, racial integration, and civil rights. During its peak years, the hospital's wards were overflowing with almost 2,700 patients. By the end of the 20th-century, the asylum faded from view as prisons and jails became America's new focus. In Madness, Hylton traces the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people's bodies and minds in our current mental healthcare system. It is a captivating and heartbreaking meditation on how America decides who is sick or criminal, and who is worthy of our care or irredeemable"-- Provided by publisher. 20240415. Crownsville State Hospital History. Psychiatric hospitals Maryland Crownsville History. African Americans Mental health services Maryland Crownsville History. African Americans Maryland Crownsville Biography. Mentally ill Abuse of Maryland Crownsville History. Racism in medicine. TXKIP