downs_sick_from_freedom
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Black people who fled to the Union army didn't always die from novel or complex diseases, sometimes they just died due to a lack of basic necessities. Families such as the Miller family didn't experience being out of slavery as true freedom, as instead they were vulnerable to displacement, illness, and death. (Ezra C)
Most Civil War doctors did not have sufficient experience to tend to large armies and refugee groups. Many of them came from small practices or charitable hospitals, while others were still in the progress of working through their basic medical training. This led to them being ill-equipped to deal with epidemics that spread through the armies and others in the camps. (Ezra C)
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