"I suspect the Memphis Sorrow [Yellow Fever] is greatly exaggerated by
the panic stricken people. We do all we can for their relief"
President Rutherford B Hayes, Republican President, 1878[1]
That year 17,000 people (close to 50% of the population) in Memphis
contracted Yellow Fever and 5,000+ people died.
Upon contracting yellow fever, Whites had the 70% mortality rate,
Blacks had a 7% mortality rate [2]
[1]"The American Plague, Molly Caldwell Crosby"
[2]http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=Y002
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Yang
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"I can hardly wait for your head to explode when the Repubs hold onto
both houses of Congress this November. And Yang can quote me on that."
-Fred Stone, 6/14/2006
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