A Story of Philadelphia's 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic
by
Ellen Norman Stern
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2001
Sixteen-year-old Matthew is not at all happy to start the long ship voyage to North America from his native Dutch-ruled colony of Surinam, but he is not free to control his fate. Either he leaves for Philadelphia with his master or he will be sold at slave auction.
Matts owner, Dr. David de...