Mia Edwards

Mia Edwards is an AHRC-funded PhD student at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses upon exploring the intersections between masculinity, disability, and physicality for enslaved men within the 19th century U.S. South. In particular, her research explores the lives of enslaved men who were physically disabled, whether congenitally or from age, sickness, or injury, within a range of contexts such as labour, community cohesion, and interpersonal conflict. This research seeks to understand how these men were treated and viewed by others, how they viewed themselves, and how their experiences of disability interacted with conceptions of masculinity during the period. This work is framed within wider discussions and conceptions about disability, race, and masculinity that were occurring during the antebellum period.