leep, that is with difficulty
             aroused and kept awake. It differs from every other species of mental
             disease, as it is accompanied with physical signs or lesions of the body
             discoverable to the medical observer, which are always present and
             sufficient to account for the symptoms" (Internet source). The diagnosis
             is, of course, specific to the times. It was a way that the institute of
             slavery could be rationalized - by 'blaming the victim' - for the natural
             reactions to an unnatural situation.
             A person who is aware of the past and is forced into brutal slavery
             can only be expected to react with indifference and resistance, if th
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