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High-five across history to Walter Reed; one of his virtues was that he didn't believe evangelicalism was for kids: "[...] when his son, Lawrence, was in school, Reed was incensed to learn of a Methodist revival there: "I don't approve of such things for Children," he wrote. "My boy hasn't done anything that he should be told that he is lost since and in danger of hell-fire.""
— Jun 10, 2018 01:15PM
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"The yellow fever epidemic of 1878 altered the fabric of the city forever. By the turn of the century, the original population of Memphis was almost entirely replaced by one much more provincial, Protestant fundamentalism and white supremacy flourished, and cultural diversity all but disappeared. (...) Immigrant populations ceased to move to Memphis, or the South in general, in the great numbers they once had."
— Jun 03, 2018 08:03AM
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The writing has no chill; forgivable, given the subject matter: "The city collapsed, hemorrhaging its population, its income, its viability. Trains pulled away, leaving people weeping beside the tracks, their last chance at escape gone as the final train cars rolled to a start. (...) In July of [1878], [Memphis] boasted a population of 47,000. By September, 19,000 remained and 17,000 of them had yellow fever."
— Jun 01, 2018 11:21AM
