Fever 1793 By Laurie Halse Anderson

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Fever 1793 was written by Laurie Halse Anderson and is based on the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. Fever 1793 had several historically accurate locations and events as well as people of 1793. In 1793 Yellow Fever broke out in Philadelphia just like it did in the book. In 1793, there would only be free walking blacks in Philadelphia because of the Quakers of this time period. Eliza is an example of one of the free walking blacks in Philadelphia. When the Fever Epidemic broke out in 1793, George Washington actually fled the city to avoid the fever. Bush Hill was the residence of Alexander Hamilton and a hospital in Fever 1793. There were not many medicines or real medical treatments that were proven to work and cure diseases as well as fevers