The history of corpse abuse

No Rest

For People Who were Enslaved in America, Injustice was a Fact of Not Only Life-but of Death.

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CHARACTERS

MISSION

Introduction

Artwork Created by Beverly Tipton Hammond and Tina Burnside

Content inspired by "The Price for their Pound of Flesh”," by Daina Berry

CHOOSE YOUR DESTINATION

New York, New York.

Augustus, Georgia

Augustus, Georgia

Travel with us to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta to learn about outdated and timelessly immoral schooling practices.

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QUESTION 01

In 1839, The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta was most known for which teaching practice?

Randomized 'breast exams' of female medical students

Lobotomies performed by medical students

Live lectures using cadavors

QUESTION 02

Not many people at this time wished to donate their bodies to science. There was a shortage of cadavers, so the school had to change their methods

Did They...

Dig up dead bodies to perform on

Buy dead bodies from foreign countries

Stop Performing Autopsies in front of classes

Meet The Evil Professor

Representing institutional racism and enslavment which enablled America's Illegal and secrect trade of the dead bodies in the 19th century

The highly organized cadaver trade in 19th century America meant that people who were enslaved and subjected to agregous violations of abuse in life were never free from exploitation; even in death. Their bodies were non-consensually used for medical dissections. Medical schools like Harvard required bodies for anatomical studies and dissections. These cadavers, usually of Black people, were regularly supplied by illegal and immoral means. The cadaver trade was multifaceted, and many people contributed to and normalised it. Enslavers allowed the bodies of deceased people who were enslaved to be harvested or exhumed for sale. Medical doctors, who considered people who had been enslaved as their personal property, directly transferred cadavers to medical institutions for dissection. Professors of anatomy encouraged grave robbing activities to obtain cadavers for anatomical instruction.

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QUESTION 03

Who was digging up the bodies?

The professers dug up the bodies themselves

Teachers forced people who were enslaved to do it

Members of the mafia who sold bodies to the school

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WELCOME TO Destination 02

Samba, jungle, and mysteries! Brazilawaits you with tropical challenges.

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PREGUNTA 01

What fruit is the key tothe following riddle?

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QUESTION 02

What is the name of the dancethat reveals the clue?

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QUESTION 03

Which river doyou need to cross?

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CONGRATULATIONS

The second number is:

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WELCOME TO Destination 03

Ah, the land of love and revolution.But here, love could be a trap.

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QUESTION 01

What painting hidesa secret map?

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QUESTION 02

In what year did thekey event occur?

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QUESTION 03

What is the keywordin the Eiffel Tower?

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CONGRATULATIONS

The third number is:

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WELCOME TO Destination 04

Deserts and pyramids, oh yes! Butwatch out for quicksand.

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QUESTION 01

What pharaoh left the first clue?

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QUESTION 02

What desert animalshows the way?

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QUESTION 03

What is the nameof the lost oasis?

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WELCOME TO New York City

The City that Never Sleeps... How Could they?

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QUESTION 01

In 1836, An audience of 1,500 filed into the New York City Saloon in anticipation of which form of 'entertainment'?

A Dead Body on Display

A Play Mocking Black People

An 'Exotic' Slave auction

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Joice Heath; Injustice in life and death

Joice Heath was a woman born in the 1750’s and sold into slavery. She was the Nurse of George Washington before she was once again sold and made into the main attraction of an infamous showman's so-called ‘freak show’. She spent the last year of her life being put on display in shows. The showman claimed she was a 161 year old woman. When she died, the showman organized his last show; her public autopsy. Described as a “bodily invasive circus,” observers and medical students paid to marvel at Ms. Heath’s internal organs and dead body. Between the shows of her life and after death, her exploiter made what would today be equivilent to $1,102,336; none of which Joice saw a single a cent of. She died at around the true age of 65.

Reveal Code

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What is the secret ingredientof the elixir?

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QUESTION 03

What mountain hides thelast treasure?

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CONGRATULATIONS

The last number is:

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TRY AGAIN?

This adventure is not over yet. What is the secret code 🔑?

27193

Made rich in money and scientific discovery... but at what cost?

A woman who's respected legacy lives on through any mis-justice.

Science doesn't always teach morals; the systems of inequality which profit off of exploitation make sure of this.

The institution

Professor Evil

Ms. Heth

Congratulationsthe first digit of your code is 2

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NO BUT THAT'D BE CRAZY THO.

Not Quite!

The school did not start admitting women into their medical university until the year of 1922.

Black Students were not admited until the year of 1967

The 5th Number of the code is 3.

You now have the code to unlock the safe

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to solve questions to find Hard Truths and Secret Codes. Do you except this challege? The truth awaits you.

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The third number in the sequence is...

Now, who was behind this body snatching?

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The 4th number of the sequence is...

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IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE AT THIS TIME TO HOLD LECTURES WITH LIVE CADAVERS IN THE LECTURE HALL

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Welcome, historians! Join us on a search of burried knowledge, as we enbark on a quest to investigate the forgoten practices of american cadaver abuse, and the continuous commodification of the black body.Will you join us on this "Historical Journey"?