Presented by:
Chair of the History Department at the University of Colorado Boulder
No slides availableElizabeth Fenn tells the gruesome, riveting story of smallpox during the era of the American Revolution. Few people know that 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. Elizabeth also addresses eighteenth-century biological warfare in her talk.
Has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Please join us next year, May 14-15, 2021