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Yellow fever empties Memphis
1878
Memphis, Tennessee
Around 25,000 people fled and over 5,000 of those who stayed died in a few months. The city went bankrupt and surrendered its charter, becoming a taxing district of Tennessee for fourteen years, and the disaster drove the sewer building that made modern Memphis.
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