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The African slave who taught America how to vaccinate itself from smallpox
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“Enquiring of my Negro man, Onesimus, who is a pretty intelligent fellow, whether he had ever had the smallpox, he answered, both yes and no; and then told me that he had undergone an operation, which had given him something of the smallpox and would forever preserve him from it; adding that it was often used among the Guramantese and whoever had the courage to use it was forever free of the fear of contagion.”
Carey Baraka
The African slave who taught America how to vaccinate itself from smallpox
The African slave who taught America how to vaccinate itself from smallpox
The African slave who taught America how to vaccinate itself from smallpox
Since smallpox was a common scourge in the 18th century, a slave’s value was predicated on his ability to stave off infection.
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Carey Baraka
The African slave who taught America how to vaccinate itself from smallpox
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