
What: Dr. Thomas Hamilton conducted painful experiments on an enslaved man named John Brown.
When: Late 1700s
Where: Georgia, USA.
Details: Dr. Hamilton conducted cruel experiments on John Brown to test
treatments for heatstroke. Brown was subjected to extreme heat and other torturous conditions to observe the effects on his body. Hamilton sought to prove that Black individuals were more resilient to harsh conditions.
Why and How It Was Racist: These experiments dehumanized John Brown and were based on the belief that Black people could endure more pain than white people. Hamilton's work aimed to justify the brutal conditions enslaved individuals were forced to endure.
Sources: Book: "Medical Apartheid" by Harriet A. Washington https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/racial-
differences-doctors.html
Brown, J. (1855). Slave life in Georgia: A narrative of the life, sufferings, and escape of John Brown, a fugitive slave, now in England. Xerox University Microfilms.
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