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drapetomania

conjectural mental illness linked to scientific racism
MedicalCondition mental_disorder Q2351339
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drapetomania

Summary

drapetomania is a mental disorder[1]. drapetomania ranks in the top 5% of mental_disorder entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • drapetomania is credited with the discovery of Samuel A. Cartwright[3].
  • drapetomania's instance of is recorded as mental disorder[4].
  • drapetomania's instance of is recorded as questionable disease[5].
  • drapetomania's instance of is recorded as obsolete medical term[6].
  • drapetomania's instance of is recorded as pathological journey[7].
  • drapetomania's instance of is recorded as pseudoscience[8].
  • drapetomania is a type of scientific racism[9].
  • drapetomania's has effect is recorded as fugitive slaves in United States[10].

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Works and Contributions

drapetomania is credited with the discovery of Samuel A. Cartwright[3].

Why It Matters

drapetomania ranks in the top 5% of mental_disorder entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,197 views/month).[2] drapetomania has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] drapetomania is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). drapetomania. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/drapetomania
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_drapetomania_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{drapetomania}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/drapetomania}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
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    Subclass of → scientific racism
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