How long does it take to read African-American Slave Medicine?
Herbert C. Covey
African-American Slave Medicine by Herbert C. Covey takes about 4 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 19 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2007. 235 pages, about 64,625 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African American slaves' medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant.
Subjects: Slaves, united states, Traditional medicine, Herbs, therapeutic use, African americans, medical care, African americans, history, Materia medica, vegetable