Onesimus (Bostonian)
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onesimus-bostonian-187-12863161
title:
Onesimus (Bostonian)
text:
Onesimus was an African man who was instrumental in the mitigation of smallpox in Boston, Massachusetts. He introduced his enslaver, Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather, to the principle and procedure of the variolation method of inoculation, which prevented smallpox and laid the foundation for the development of vaccines. After a smallpox outbreak began in Boston in 1721, Mather proliferated Onesimus's knowledge to advocate for inoculation in the population. This practice eventually spread to other
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African man enslaved in Boston
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesimus_(Bostonian)
date created:
2016-01-11T15:36:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:40:32Z
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