In Episode 29 of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, host Zaheer Ali and guest-host Erin Wuebker, fellow BHS historian, discuss the impact of cholera on Brooklyn, which led to the illness and death of thousands of residents in the 19th century.

Index
02:49 Histories and Ideas
22:29 Into the Archives
45:59 Voices of Brooklyn

For complete show notes, go to brooklynhistory.org/flatbush-main.

Flatbush + Main Ep 29: Cholera in Brooklyn (September 2018)

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