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A Short Account of the Malignant Fever

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A Short Account of the Malignant Fever (1793) was a pamphlet published by Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) about the actions of African Americans during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia in the United States. [1]

12 relations: Benjamin Rush, Free African Society, Free people of color, James Madison, Mathew Carey, Pamphlet, Philadelphia, Richard Allen (bishop), Saint-Domingue, Thomas Jefferson, Yellow fever, 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic.

Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush (– April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States.

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Free African Society

The Free African Society, founded in 1787, was a benevolent organization that held religious services and provided mutual aid for “free Africans and their descendants” in Philadelphia.

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Free people of color

In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres, Spanish: gente libre de color) were people of mixed African and European descent who were not enslaved.

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James Madison

James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fourth President of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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Mathew Carey

Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and economist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pamphlet

A pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding).

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Richard Allen (bishop)

Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, writer, and one of America's most active and influential black leaders.

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Saint-Domingue

Saint-Domingue was a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic

During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia, 5,000 or more people were listed in the official register of deaths between August 1 and November 9.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_Account_of_the_Malignant_Fever

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