Inoculations at Bohemia, February 22, 1791
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Title
Inoculations at Bohemia, February 22, 1791
Subject
Slaves; Diseases--Vaccination ; Preventive inoculation; Slaves-United States--Social conditions;
Description
On February 22, 1791, Fr. Francis Beeston recorded on the daybook of Bohemia Planation that 20 enslaved people were inoculated by Dr. William Matthews.
Creator
Maryland Province Collection
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1791-02-22
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Rights
Georgetown University Library
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
GSA299
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Text
22| Twenty of my Negro’s inoculated by Doctor Wm. Matthews-
Vizt. Bill, Barny, Stephen, Kate, Dick, Suke, Charles, Jack, Henny, Lucy, Fanny, Jenny, Dennis, James, Patrick (Jenny’s), Amilia, Nelly, John, Joseph (Nelly’s), Ralph (Nelly’s), - N.B.
That others might not take the infection; I sent a part of Those, who were inoculated, to the Quarter near Warwick: & the rest to the Quarter at St. Inigo’s.
Vizt. Bill, Barny, Stephen, Kate, Dick, Suke, Charles, Jack, Henny, Lucy, Fanny, Jenny, Dennis, James, Patrick (Jenny’s), Amilia, Nelly, John, Joseph (Nelly’s), Ralph (Nelly’s), - N.B.
That others might not take the infection; I sent a part of Those, who were inoculated, to the Quarter near Warwick: & the rest to the Quarter at St. Inigo’s.
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Citation
Maryland Province Collection , “Inoculations at Bohemia, February 22, 1791,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed May 17, 2024, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/326.