Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 is believed to have killed several thousand people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The yellow fever epidemic struck the city when it was the capital of the United States and a major seaport.The summer of 1793 had been a profitable one for the coastal city of Philadelphia, experiencing a rising demand for tobacco and sugarcane. The on-going Haitian Revolution forced many French refugees to flee, and many of them landed in Philadelphia. However, the citizens of the city didn't know that some of the…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 is believed to have killed several thousand people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The yellow fever epidemic struck the city when it was the capital of the United States and a major seaport.The summer of 1793 had been a profitable one for the coastal city of Philadelphia, experiencing a rising demand for tobacco and sugarcane. The on-going Haitian Revolution forced many French refugees to flee, and many of them landed in Philadelphia. However, the citizens of the city didn't know that some of the refugees were suffering from "Yellow Jack," a raging fever that turned its victim's skin and eyes yellow. In what turned out to be one of the most devastating epidemics in U.S. history, the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 killed ten percent of Philadelphia's population in the first month alone.