Staten Island Quarantine War of 1858
by Keith Lance
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Staten Island Quarantine War of 1858
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Keith Lance
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Drawing - Illustration
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Vintage image features the Staten Island Quarantine Facility, built in 1799, to quarantine and care for yellow fever patients. By the 1850s, all passengers from newly arrived ships showing signs of a disease were quarantined. In 1858, local Staten Island opposition attacked the quarantine facilities which became known as the Staten Island Quarantine War.
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October 8th, 2021
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