They were given land and allowed to force the indigenous people to work for them, but they were still not satisfied. The colonists were also responsible forintroducing foreign epidemic diseases such as influenza, smallpox, measles and typhus, which drastically reduced the indigenous population ...

July 10, 2024 - An epidemic of smallpox in 1856 on the west Pacific island of Guam, then under the control of Spain, resulted in the death of over half of the population, or about 4,500 people. The population collapse led Spanish authorities to transfer the population of Pago to Hagåtña, ending a settlement dating back before colonization...

May 20, 2022 - Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.

Ulbe Bosma, Smallpox, Vaccinations, and Demographic Divergences in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Indonesia, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Vol. 171, No. 1 (2015), pp. 69-96

June 27, 2024 - It is not known where the outbreak ... to the colonies on the Eastern seaboard, nor to the areas ravaged by hostilities. The outbreak spread throughout the North American continent. In 1775, it was already raging through British-occupied Boston and among the Continental Army's invasion of Canada. During Washington's siege of Boston, the disease broke out among both Continental and British camps. Many escaped slaves who had fled to the British lines in the South likewise contracted smallpox and ...

In this article, I describe the complex nature of the final phases of the Indian smallpox eradication program. I examine the unfolding of policies at different levels of administration and the roles played by a wide range of national and international ...

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This essay describes the 1862 smallpox epidemic among Northwest Coast tribes. It was carried from San Francisco on the steamship Brother Jonathan and arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, on Ma

The early colonial period in the Somaliland Protectorate was marked by the intrusion of new `colonial' epidemics and diseases, such as smallpox, chole…

June 7, 2023 - The impact of smallpox on First Nations on the West coast of Canada devastated communities not once but at least twice.

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In March of 1862, a miner brought smallpox from San Francisco to Victoria, British Columbia. The disease spread quickly, especially among Native people. The government of the day soon forced Natives to leave the city, which caused the disease to spread throughout many parts of British Columbia ...