Anna Maria Barry-Jester is a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit health news service. She previously worked as a staff writer for the news website Five Thirty Eight where her articles focused on subjects such as public health, immigration, food, and science. She has also held editorial producer positions at Univision and ABC News and worked as a professional photographer and videographer. Barry-Jester has won numerous awards for her journalism, in-depth reporting, and editorial work. This article originally appeared on Five Thirty Eight. Before you read, think about your own health. What factors impact how healthy you are?
As you read, consider how Barry-Jester connects the health of southern black Americans living in communities founded on slavery to the practice of slavery itself. How does Barry-Jester indicate the lasting effects of that history as she speculates about the causes of death in these communities?
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