{"id":618,"date":"2019-10-14T03:51:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T03:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diversity.csl.org\/?p=618"},"modified":"2019-10-14T03:51:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T03:51:02","slug":"inoculation-was-introduced-to-america-by-a-slave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/inoculation-was-introduced-to-america-by-a-slave\/","title":{"rendered":"Inoculation was Introduced To America by a Slave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"166\" src=\"http:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/innoculation.png\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/innoculation.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-708\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27288%27%20height%3D%27166%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20288%20166%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27288%27%20height%3D%27166%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/innoculation-200x115.png 200w, https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/innoculation.png 288w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><figcaption> Onesimus (late 1600s\u20131700s) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inoculation was introduced to America by\na slave.<\/strong>&nbsp; Few details are\nknown about the birth of Onesimus, but it is assumed he was born in Africa in\nthe late seventeenth century being brought to Boston as a gift to the Puritan\nchurch minister Cotton Mather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onesimus told Mather about the centuries old tradition of inoculation\npracticed in Africa. By extracting the material from an infected person and\nscratching it into the skin of an uninfected person, you could deliberately\nintroduce smallpox to the healthy individual making them immune. Considered\nextremely dangerous at the time, Cotton Mather convinced Dr. Zabdiel Boylston\nto experiment with the procedure when a smallpox epidemic hit Boston in 1721\nand over 240 people were inoculated.&nbsp;&nbsp;\nOnesimus\u2019 traditional African practice was used to inoculate American\nsoldiers during the Revolutionary War and introduced the concept of inoculation\nto the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Our\naffirmation<\/em><\/strong>:&nbsp; We welcome Divine\nWisdom through all beings on this planet.&nbsp;\nOne Mind, One Love, One Connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Invitation to Action:&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong>Become educated as to Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome with this article by Dr. Joy Degruy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joydegruy.com\/post-traumatic-slave-syndrome\">https:\/\/joydegruy.com\/resources-2\/post-traumatic-slave-syndrome\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inoculation was introduced to America by a slave.&nbsp; Few details are known about the birth of Onesimus, but it is assumed he was born in Africa in the late seventeenth century being brought to Boston as a gift to the Puritan church minister Cotton Mather. 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