US Politics on Sidechat | Onesimus was a black slave erased from history. Whst did he do? Introduced Variolation to the Americas. Thanks to Onesimus, leaps were made in vaccination research. Unfortunately all his credit was taken from him and given to Cotton Mathers. It’s a shame1

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Onesimus was a black slave erased from history. Whst did he do? Introduced Variolation to the Americas. Thanks to Onesimus, leaps were made in vaccination research. Unfortunately all his credit was taken from him and given to Cotton Mathers. It’s a shame1

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That the only information we can get about this hero is through the diary of his slaver. As his thanks, Onesimus was given “partial freedom” but partial freedom is not freedom at all. Thank Onesimus for introducing variolation to America cuz many wouldn’t be here if not for him.

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