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"Racial hygiene," compulsory sterilization, and "weeding out the unfit" were widely accepted ideas in the early part of 20th century America The roots of American eugenics reached back to Great Britain and drew from the writings of Thomas Malthus (1766-1834,) Over 8ooo were approved by the eugenics board of North Carolina. The total number of victims sterilized in North Carolina was over 7600. Sterilizations started in 1929 with the passage of the sterilization law and continued through 1973, when the last recorded sterilization is known to have occurred
