Rioting In The Streets: The 1885 Montreal Smallpox Epidemic

In the spring of 1885, a railway worker came into Montreal feeling ill. By September, the city was known as the centre of a smallpox epidemic. Efforts to limit the spread of the disease were met with anger and, eventually, a deadly riot. Thousands died in what would become the last major smallpox epidemic in a North American city in history. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @[email protected] Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx *sources* Macleans Archive Newspapers.com Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/plague-the-red-death-strikes-montreal-feature History of Vaccines: https://historyofvaccines.org/blog/montreal-vaccine-riot-1887/ National Library of Medicine: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8049636/ CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/newspaper-smallpox-1885-vaccine-1.6335345 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices