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"A necessary and unforgettable book. An important and timely work. * Imani Perry * A work of pure genius * Jonathan Metzl * Madness is an all-too-true story, tirelessly and comprehensively reported, of the reinstatement of antebellum conditions under the guise of mental-health treatment - an asylum for so-called ""feeble-minded"" Blacks that was, in fact, little more than slavery by another name. Antonia Hylton's sensitive, searching account of the people forever changed by this place - and its very clear, dreadful connection to today's carceral state - will leave you dumbfounded * Robert Kolker * Antonia Hylton expertly weaves together a moving personal narrative, in-depth reporting, and illuminating archival research to produce a book that left me breathless. Madness is a haunting and revelatory examination of the way that America's history of racism is deeply entangled in our mental health system. * Clint Smith *"

"'Madness, though ostensibly the story of Crownsville, is really about the continued lack of understanding, treatment and care of the mental health of a people, Black people, who need it most' -- New York Times A necessary and unforgettable book. An important and timely work. * Imani Perry * A work of pure genius * Jonathan Metzl * Madness is an all-too-true story, tirelessly and comprehensively reported, of the reinstatement of antebellum conditions under the guise of mental-health treatment - an asylum for so-called ""feeble-minded"" Blacks that was, in fact, little more than slavery by another name. Antonia Hylton's sensitive, searching account of the people forever changed by this place - and its very clear, dreadful connection to today's carceral state - will leave you dumbfounded * Robert Kolker * Antonia Hylton expertly weaves together a moving personal narrative, in-depth reporting, and illuminating archival research to produce a book that left me breathless. Madness is a haunting and revelatory examination of the way that America's history of racism is deeply entangled in our mental health system. * Clint Smith *"

'A necessary and unforgettable book. An important and timely work.' - Imani Perry 'A work of pure genius' - Jonathan Metzl 'Madness is an all-too-true story, tirelessly and comprehensively reported, of the reinstatement of antebellum conditions under the guise of mental-health treatment - an asylum for so-called ""feeble-minded"" Blacks that was, in fact, little more than slavery by another name. Antonia Hylton's sensitive, searching account of the people forever changed by this place - and its very clear, dreadful connection to today's carceral state - will leave you dumbfounded' - Robert Kolker 'Antonia Hylton expertly weaves together a moving personal narrative, in-depth reporting, and illuminating archival research to produce a book that left me breathless. Madness is a haunting and revelatory examination of the way that America's history of racism is deeply entangled in our mental health system.' - Clint Smith

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Antonia Hylton is a Peabody and Emmy-award winning correspondent at NBC News and NBC reporting on politics, race and justice. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she received prizes for her investigative research on race, mass incarceration and the history of psychiatry. In 2022, she was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for Audio Recording, and in 2020, she was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. She lives in New York.

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