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“Doctors knew well…”

As will be seen, the story of Joice Heth was the talk of the New York medical community for some time, well after Sims had become a doctor himself and not long before he began to visit the city.

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 135.

 

“…in Madagascar in 1674.”

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, pp. 34, 39.

“In 1835…”

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 1.

“…the young George Washington.”

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 1.

“…a former grocer…”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 150.

“…mercantile and newspaper businesses…”

Of course, Barnum would have contested whether these constituted “failures.”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, pp. 138-140.

“…the Connecticut lottery…”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, pp. 135, 142.

“…on display in Philadelphia…”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 148.

“…a thousand years old if a day.”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 148.

“…so deep into their sockets…”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, pp. 148-49.

“…a single, elongated fang.”

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 40.

“…to entice a Jersey mosquito…”

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 106.

“…bits of ancient hymns…”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 149.

“…could do better in New York.”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, pp. 148, 152.

“…purchase Heth for $1000…”

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 23.

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 150.

 

“He sold a portion…”

Barnum, P. T. (1855). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 150.