Yellow Fever and National Politics in the 1790s-U.S.
First Edition ©2018
ISBN:9781319171520
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The sources in this document collection introduce students not only to the devastating impacts of the Yellow Fever epidemic but also to the varied, and often politicized, responses to the crisis. Through the evaluation of diverse sources in this unit, students will be able to identify and explain the different viewpoints that existed at this time, while also weighing their stregths and weakness, and the importance of political context. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.
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Table of Contents
Central QuestionLearning Objective
Historical Background
Primary Sources
Elizabeth Drinker, Diary Entries, August 23-October 24, 1793
Matthew Carey, A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, Lately Prevalent in Philadelphia; with a Statement of the Proceedings that Took Place on the Subject in Different Part of the United States, 1793
Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People during the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in the Year 1793: And a Refutation of Some Censures Thrown upon Them in Some Late Publications, 1794
Broadside Posted in Burlington, New Jersey, 1793
Anonymous, An Earnest Call: Occasioned by the Alarming Pestilential
Contagion, Addressed to the People of Philadelphia, 1793
Noah Webster, A Collection of Papers on the Subject of Bilious Fevers, Prevalent in the United States for a Few Years Past, 1796
Letters between Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Rush, 1800
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Authors
Simon Finger
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