The Yellow Fever Epidemic

What do you now know and understand about the historical events from your novel? A complex question because as well as the facts and the hard truths of the Yellow Fever epidemic, I also have learned to understand how to feel empathy and happiness for the people that had to go through the awful calamity of 1793. I have a deep respect for the people that were volunteers of the Free African Society because they were the real hero's of the story. They were the people that did not flee when crisis arose, in fact, quite the contrary, members of the Free African Society devoted hours on end of their time to helping the sick and weak recuperate; they realised that something needed to be done. I have contemplated this and tried to apply it to my own
life by thinking about what I could do to live up to the truly fearless of all of Philadelphia, 1793. Something that I found quite interesting was that Matilda Cook, (a character from Fever 1793) an average white Philadelphian, rose up to be so much more than that title. She was mindful of the fact that the bells never ceased to ring, and that she, a Yellow Fever survivor herself, could do something to help, so she joined the Free African Society. This taught me that no matter where in the word, no matter what year, what time, there will always be someone willing to accept the fact that they have responsibilities. The truth of the matter is though that there are few in the world who realise this and then act. All in all, I have gained something from Fever 1793 that few other books choose to give me: knowledge consisting of verity, but also emotion.