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I was looking for a grave and found this haunted Hospital for the Insane: Slaves... it in Virginia... I know nothing about its history but if you are into haunted places this may be an interesting one...
OLD CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL
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http://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/old-central-state-hospital/
Central State Hospital, previously Central Lunatic Asylum, was the first institution in the country for African Americans of “unsound mind.” In the 1840s, if slave owners could pay the fees they could have their slaves committed. Some of the old grounds still operates as a hospital; other buildings have been abandoned. Locals say they have seen and heard many odd phenomena in the area.
History:
In 1848, slaves in Virginia could be admitted to private asylums if their owners paid for their treatment, but not all owners could afford it, and whites were always given priority admission. It was also believed that when blacks tried to flee captivity, they were suffering from a mental illness called drapetomania, which Samuel A. Cartwright stated to be a consequence of masters who "made themselves too familiar with slaves, treating them as equals".
The Confederacy established a hospital for wounded soldiers at Howard's Grove in 1862. It was reassigned in 1870 to the treatment of "colored persons of unsound mind" and was the first to offer treatment exclusively to the black population of Virginia. Dorothea Dix visited the hospital in 1875, during her travels for mental health reform, and donated pictures and musical instruments.
In 1869 it became a Hospital of the Colored Insane.... links
http://knowledgenuts.com/2015/03/29/the-rare-salvaged-history-of-the-central-lunatic-asylum/
http://chpn.net/news/2008/07/09/a-short-history-of-the-central-lunatic-asylum_1773/
I hope anyone visiting this place have some spooky thrills...
OLD CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL
Home > Historical Buildings > Old Central State Hospital
http://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/old-central-state-hospital/
Central State Hospital, previously Central Lunatic Asylum, was the first institution in the country for African Americans of “unsound mind.” In the 1840s, if slave owners could pay the fees they could have their slaves committed. Some of the old grounds still operates as a hospital; other buildings have been abandoned. Locals say they have seen and heard many odd phenomena in the area.
History:
In 1848, slaves in Virginia could be admitted to private asylums if their owners paid for their treatment, but not all owners could afford it, and whites were always given priority admission. It was also believed that when blacks tried to flee captivity, they were suffering from a mental illness called drapetomania, which Samuel A. Cartwright stated to be a consequence of masters who "made themselves too familiar with slaves, treating them as equals".
The Confederacy established a hospital for wounded soldiers at Howard's Grove in 1862. It was reassigned in 1870 to the treatment of "colored persons of unsound mind" and was the first to offer treatment exclusively to the black population of Virginia. Dorothea Dix visited the hospital in 1875, during her travels for mental health reform, and donated pictures and musical instruments.
In 1869 it became a Hospital of the Colored Insane.... links
http://knowledgenuts.com/2015/03/29/the-rare-salvaged-history-of-the-central-lunatic-asylum/
http://chpn.net/news/2008/07/09/a-short-history-of-the-central-lunatic-asylum_1773/
I hope anyone visiting this place have some spooky thrills...