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To: tiamat

Funny thing is, years later Cotton Mather introduced inoculation against small pox to American -- one of his slaves had taught him about it.

His inoculation plan was protested by those who thought that inoculation was defying the will of God. During the protests, Mather's house was firebombed.


291 posted on 05/04/2005 8:13:22 AM PDT by Celtjew Libertarian (Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)
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To: Celtjew Libertarian

Why am I not surprised?

Thanks for the story.

Never heard that one before.


295 posted on 05/04/2005 8:14:29 AM PDT by tiamat (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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