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Group: Chokwe people
Topic: Massachusetts smallpox epidemic
Location: Birzebbuga Malta

Massachusetts smallpox epidemic

Years: 1633 - 1633

The Massachusetts smallpox epidemic or Colonial epidemic is a smallpox outbreak that hits Massachusetts in 1633. Smallpox outbreaks were not confined to 1633 however, and occurred nearly every ten years.

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