Onesimus (late 1600s–1700s) was an African man who was instrumental in the mitigation of the impact of a smallpox outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts. His birth name is unknown. He was enslaved and, in 1706, was given to the New England Puritan minister Cotton Mather, who renamed him. Onesimus introduced Mather to the principle and procedure of inoculation to prevent the disease, which laid the foundation for the development of vaccines. After a smallpox outbreak began in Boston in 1721, Mather used this knowledge to advocate for inoculation in the population, a practice that eventually spread to other colonies. In a 2016 Boston magazine survey, Onesimus was declared one of the "Best Bostonians of All Time".
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| - Onesimus (late 1600s–1700s) was an African man who was instrumental in the mitigation of the impact of a smallpox outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts. His birth name is unknown. He was enslaved and, in 1706, was given to the New England Puritan minister Cotton Mather, who renamed him. Onesimus introduced Mather to the principle and procedure of inoculation to prevent the disease, which laid the foundation for the development of vaccines. After a smallpox outbreak began in Boston in 1721, Mather used this knowledge to advocate for inoculation in the population, a practice that eventually spread to other colonies. In a 2016 Boston magazine survey, Onesimus was declared one of the "Best Bostonians of All Time". (en)
- Onesimus (fin du XVIIe siècle - années 1700) est un homme natif d'Afrique qui a ensuite vécu aux États-Unis ; il joue un rôle déterminant dans la transmission de la méthode de la variolisation, qui permet de limiter la mortalité de l'épidémie de variole de Boston de 1721. Son nom de naissance est inconnu. Il est asservi et, en 1706, est donné au ministre puritain de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, Cotton Mather, qui le renomme. Onesimus présente à Mather le principe et la procédure d'inoculation, qui a servi de base au développement des vaccins. Après le début d'une épidémie de variole à Boston en 1721, Mather utilise les connaissances d'Onesimus pour plaider en faveur de l'inoculation de la population de Boston, une pratique qui s'est finalement étendue à d'autres colonies. Dans un sondage réalis (fr)
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| - Enquiring of my Negro-man Onesimus, who is a pretty Intelligent Fellow, Whether he ever had the Small-Pox; he answered, both, Yes, and No; and then told me, that he had undergone an Operation, which had given him something of the Small-Pox, and would forever preserve him from it, adding that it was often used among the Guramantese, & whoever had the Courage to use it, was forever free from the Fear of the Contagion. He described the Operation to me, and showed me in his Arm the Scar. (en)
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| - Mather, in a 1716 letter to the Royal Society of London, on his introduction to inoculation from Onesimus (en)
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| - Onesimus (fin du XVIIe siècle - années 1700) est un homme natif d'Afrique qui a ensuite vécu aux États-Unis ; il joue un rôle déterminant dans la transmission de la méthode de la variolisation, qui permet de limiter la mortalité de l'épidémie de variole de Boston de 1721. Son nom de naissance est inconnu. Il est asservi et, en 1706, est donné au ministre puritain de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, Cotton Mather, qui le renomme. Onesimus présente à Mather le principe et la procédure d'inoculation, qui a servi de base au développement des vaccins. Après le début d'une épidémie de variole à Boston en 1721, Mather utilise les connaissances d'Onesimus pour plaider en faveur de l'inoculation de la population de Boston, une pratique qui s'est finalement étendue à d'autres colonies. Dans un sondage réalisé en 2016 par le magazine Boston, Onesimus est déclaré l'un des « meilleurs Bostoniens de tous les temps ». (fr)
- Onesimus (late 1600s–1700s) was an African man who was instrumental in the mitigation of the impact of a smallpox outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts. His birth name is unknown. He was enslaved and, in 1706, was given to the New England Puritan minister Cotton Mather, who renamed him. Onesimus introduced Mather to the principle and procedure of inoculation to prevent the disease, which laid the foundation for the development of vaccines. After a smallpox outbreak began in Boston in 1721, Mather used this knowledge to advocate for inoculation in the population, a practice that eventually spread to other colonies. In a 2016 Boston magazine survey, Onesimus was declared one of the "Best Bostonians of All Time". (en)
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