The quality of medical care for slaves was truly unknown, many historians conclude that slave owners wanted to preserve their slaves for as long as possible. These historians believe that they received the same medical care as the slave owners. Other historians believed that slave owners treated them as poor as possible, but still leaving them well enough to work. The believed that the slaves only got medical care when their working ability was hindered. Historians believe that slaves rarely had help from doctors or physicians (“Masiah Robinson”). Instead they received help from each other according to Maisah Robinson, “When the slaves got sick, the other slaves generally looked after them. They had white doctors, who took care of the families,
