Death and Disease in Jamaica
aedes aegypti – the mosquito that transmits yellow fever The colonists who went to Jamaica in the 17th and 18th centuries were aware of many of the risks to their health but not of the causes. Much...
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Jan Steen (1625/1626–1679) via Wikimedia Commons Much has been written about the failure of Jamaica to establish a self-sufficient and expanding white colony during the eighteenth century by...
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