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Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | The Great Debate | 4
American History Tellers
The Epidemic of the Poor
A printer of at the time Matthew Carey wrote an account of the epidemic in which he estimated seven eighths of those who died were poor. He attributed that to that that they're suffering from this physical element was a reflection of their moral degeneracy Alongside the poor we also know that the free african society Accepted a call to have its members treat the sick Many were volunteers, but they were accused of theft and profiteering In response they published their own account of the epidemic. What did that contain? It contained a defense of the black community's heroic effort to service the the poor And to do a lot of really dirty jobs like moving bodies from houses and and
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