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      1. Minimum deaths in the continent-wide Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82, as compiled by Elizabeth Fenn, Pox Americana.
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
    1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
      This should make us all rethink the timing of the disease-ravaging of Native North America. Often far more recent than we imagine.
  1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
    Also, never forget how huge Mexico City was compared to the 13 colonies: 130k in 1793, three times the size of New York and more than the seven largest US towns.