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Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:COVID-19
gptkbp:associatedWith
gptkb:yellow_fever
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:effect
widespread panic
closure of government offices
mass exodus from Philadelphia
gptkbp:endDate
1793
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
one of the deadliest epidemics in U.S. history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Absalom_Jones
gptkb:Richard_Allen
gptkb:Benjamin_Rush
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:A_Narrative_of_the_Proceedings_of_the_Black_People_During_the_Late_Awful_Calamity_in_Philadelphia
gptkb:An_Account_of_the_Bilious_Remitting_Yellow_Fever_by_Benjamin_Rush
gptkbp:response
formation of volunteer relief committees
medical treatments by Benjamin Rush
gptkbp:startDate
1793
gptkbp:vectorFor
gptkb:Aedes_aegypti_mosquito
gptkbp:victim
approximately 5,000
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Province_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_British_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5