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Greenland's 1737 Smallpox Epidemic That Nearly Wiped Out the Colony

Greenland's 1737 Smallpox Epidemic That Nearly Wiped Out the Colony

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In 1737, a smallpox epidemic ripped through the Danish colony of Greenland, killing up to 80 percent of the Kalaallit population in some settlements. This episode explores how the disease arrived on a Danish ship, how the missionary Hans Egede and his son Niels struggled to respond, and how the epidemic reshaped the relationship between colonists and Indigenous people. We look at the role of the Royal Greenland Trading Company, the medical helplessness of the era, and the long-term demographic collapse that followed. Along the way, we meet figures like the catechist Albert Top and the angakkuq (shaman) who blamed the outbreak on the Danes' foreign god. This is a story of tragedy, resilience, and the brutal costs of colonial contact in the eighteenth-century Arctic. #Greenland #Smallpox #HansEgede #Kalaallit #1737Epidemic #RoyalGreenlandTradingCompany #Angakkuq #Godthåb #ColonialMedicine #AlbertTop #NielsEgede #ArcticHistory #DiseaseInHistory #Colonialism #18thCentury #History #FexingoHistory #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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