Nothing hateful about it. The hygiene and health of slaves in Virginia was nothing that would be of much interest to the educated and cultured plantation owner of Jefferson's background. Please read: Medicine and Slavery: The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia (Blacks in the New World) by Todd L. Savitt and (http://www.amazon.com/Health-Slaves-Southern-Plantations/dp/B000MZSSE8/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF 8&s=books&qid=1210819134&sr=8-12) The Health of Slaves on Southern Plantations by William Dosite Postell and Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South by Marie Jenkins Schwartz (Hardcover - May 30, 2006) **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html