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Jun 11, 2020 · Updated: April 19, 2023 | Original: June 11, 2020. copy page link. Print Page. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. During the hot, humid summer of 1793, thousands of Philadelphians got horribly sick,...
Between August 1 and November 9, 1793, approximately 11,000 people contracted yellow fever in the US capital of Philadelphia. Of that number, 5,000 people, 10 percent of the city’s population, died. The disease gets its name from the jaundiced eyes and skin of the victims.
Nov 13, 2009 · The death toll from a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia hits 100 on October 11, 1793. By the time it ended, 5,000 people were dead. Yellow fever, or American plague as it was known at...
Major American Epidemics of Yellow Fever (1793-1905) Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, mostly eastern seaports and...
The disease caused an estimated 5,000 deaths that year in Philadelphia, about a tenth of the residents of the city and its suburbs. Support Provided by: Learn More. In 1793 Philadelphia was the...
Feb 13, 2023 · In 1793 a yellow fever epidemic almost destroyed Philadelphia. The young city was saved by two Black preachers, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, who organized the free Black community in providing essential services and nursing the sick and dying.
Aug 1, 1998 · August 1, 1998. 1 min read. The Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. One of the first major epidemics of the disease in the U.S., it devastated America's early capital. It also had...
