The Study of Disability in Colonial America

In our class we discussed how disability often las at the root of these other forms of prejudice. White antibellam americans viewed black people as essentially disabled, and they used this to justify their political, social, economic quality. Disability in the colonial period was determined on one's ability to work. So long as someone was able to provide for themselves, they weren't disabled. We realize that combating, combating abelism requires also combati combating sexism, racism and other forms of oppression.