--- product_id: 49536200 title: "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing" price: "¥8936" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/49536200-post-traumatic-slave-syndrome-americas-legacy-of-enduring-injury-healing store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing **Price:** ¥8936 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing - **How much does it cost?** ¥8936 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/49536200-post-traumatic-slave-syndrome-americas-legacy-of-enduring-injury-healing) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In the 16th century, the beginning of African enslavement in the Americas until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and emancipation in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse. Given such history, isn't it likely that many of the enslaved were severely traumatized? And did the trauma and the effects of such horrific abuse end with the abolition of slavery? Emancipation was followed by one hundred more years of institutionalized subjugation through the enactment of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws, peonage, convict leasing, domestic terrorism and lynching. Today the violations continue, and when combined with the crimes of the past, they result in yet unmeasured injury. What do repeated traumas, endured generation after generation by a people produce? What impact have these ordeals had on African Americans today? Dr. Joy DeGruy, answers these questions and more. With over thirty years of practical experience as a professional in the mental health field, Dr. DeGruy encourages African Americans to view their attitudes, assumptions, and behaviors through the lens of history and so gain a greater understanding of how centuries of slavery and oppression have impacted people of African descent in America. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome helps to lay the necessary foundation to ensure the well-being and sustained health of future generations and provides a rare glimpse into the evolution of society's beliefs, feelings, attitudes and behavior concerning race in America. Review: Intense and Informative - This is some intense and easily consumed deep reading material, compelling us to gaze uncomfortably at and into the unflattering challenges which continue to face the African-American collective "Community," and delves head-on into examining & explaining how the "HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE" of Black People in the United States, those who were the unfortunate descendants of the Trans-Atlantic African Slave Trade, has both simultaneously "Strengthened" and "Hindered" hindered life for this segment of the North American population across the Generations, to where many of its effects are still being felt even to this very Day. This is a powerful companion to Dr. Carol Anderson's excellent book on on the Societal struggles of Blacks in America - "WHITE RAGE: The Unspoken Truth Of Our Racial Divide" Review: James Phillips - Very good knowledge reading ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #18,562 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #32 in Social Work (Books) #67 in Discrimination & Racism #71 in African American Demographic Studies (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 4,071 Reviews | ## Images ![Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71KoMKwCNnL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Intense and Informative *by A***S on August 19, 2024* This is some intense and easily consumed deep reading material, compelling us to gaze uncomfortably at and into the unflattering challenges which continue to face the African-American collective "Community," and delves head-on into examining & explaining how the "HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE" of Black People in the United States, those who were the unfortunate descendants of the Trans-Atlantic African Slave Trade, has both simultaneously "Strengthened" and "Hindered" hindered life for this segment of the North American population across the Generations, to where many of its effects are still being felt even to this very Day. This is a powerful companion to Dr. Carol Anderson's excellent book on on the Societal struggles of Blacks in America - "WHITE RAGE: The Unspoken Truth Of Our Racial Divide" ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ James Phillips *by J***S on July 5, 2026* Very good knowledge reading ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You will cry and become enlightened and never be the same! *by Y***R on January 25, 2019* Dr. Joy DeGruy wrote this book that is necessary for every American especially African American to read. I have been on my own personal journey to healing some past traumas and within the last couple of months I began to realize that some of the unconscious patterns of thought and actions didn’t start with me my parents or my parents parents. Unfortunately after studying the chakras, yoga, Louise hay, therapist and etc. I still didn’t get to the root of it all and no one touches on the intricate effects of slavery and PTSS as Dr. Joy explains. I recently participated in a really deep intense breathing seminar with a large group of people and an intuitive healer. We let out breaths that were done for over an hour allowing us to release and let me just say what I realeased was not mine and was deeply embedded in me. I really got the feeling I was releasing the excruciating pain of being whipped, drowned, or experiencing some horrific trauma of one of my ancestors as a slave. I cried out in so much pain and uncontrollable movements in my body and wanted it to stop I remember grasping the healers arm in panic as I was reassured that everything was ok and to surrender. I say this to say this really left me shook and catapulted me into really figuring out what more I needed to realease because the space of serenity I felt afterwords was too profound to explain and scary to realize I was carrying that load and didnt even know it. Do the work if your ancestors were brought here unwillingly and start healing communities. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/49536200-post-traumatic-slave-syndrome-americas-legacy-of-enduring-injury-healing](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/49536200-post-traumatic-slave-syndrome-americas-legacy-of-enduring-injury-healing) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-10-29*