Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Date and Time
Tuesday Mar 28, 2017
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
4:30PM - Lecture
3:30PM - Public reception
Location
Kinnickinnic River Theater at the UW- River Falls University Center
Fees/Admission
Free
Description
Award winning author, Elizabeth Fenn, Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill, Professor of Western American History and chair of the Department of History at the University of Colorado - Boulder, will present a lecture about the gruesome, riveting story of smallpox during the era of the American Revolution. A terrible epidemic ravaged North America in these years, influencing the Revolutionary War, dashing the dreams of freedom-loving African Americans, and wreaking havoc on Native Americans across the continent.
