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Shannon Hines replied to John Lee's discussion 'Draft posting of episodes from the Plantation Letters'

Draft: 1847 Yellow Fever Epidemic In 1847 the Mississippi River basin had to deal with an outbreak of Yellow Fever. Transmitted by mosquitoes, the symptoms commonly associated with Yellow Fever are fevers, chills, headaches and nausea. In the later…

November 8

Shannon Hines replied to John Lee's discussion 'Mentions of slavery in plantation letters'

This is what I have so far... still working on the handwritten one... Letter 1 Date: 11/8/1845 Author: Paul Cameron Recipients: Duncan Cameron Text: My ride from Atlanta to [Chehaw] a distance of one hundred and thirty five miles in a stage with 13…

October 21

Shannon Hines is now a member of Plantation Letters

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October 21

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The affect of Disease on Slavery

Similar to the Native Americans that encountered the earliest colonists that came to the new world, the slaves that were brought to America were exposed to diseases that they had never encountered before. Until the slave trade started slaves did not have the exposure to certain diseases to build the immunity to help them fight off those diseases. This coupled with working conditions and lack of proper nutrition made the people that were enslaved susceptible to diseases that could have been could… Continue

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