. >>> up next, stony brook history professor paul kelton talked about how cholera spread in the 1830s, affecting millions of people, including native americans. we talked to him at the native historians meeting in sacramento, california in 2018. >> paul kelton, professor of history at stony brook university and the author of many books including "epidemics of enslaved men." let's talk about cholera. what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s? >> the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics. it's endemic to south asia and it spread to south asia and europe, and in 1831 and 1832 spread across europe. so americans saw this coming or read about it in newspapers. it arrives in the america's in 1832, spreads throughout america in 1832, still is in circulation in 1833 and 1834. so it was a grand pandemic affecting millions of people. >> what were the symptoms if you got cholera? >> you wouldn't want to get it for sure. it spread through fecal contaminated water, and it quickly incubates in the water and creates massive diarrhea. so within a six-hour period, one would lo

. >>> up next, stony brook history professor paul kelton talks about how cal cholera spread. we talked with him at the annual meeting in sacramento, california, in 2018. >> paul kelton, professor of history at stonybrook university and the author of a number of books, including "epidemics and enslavements." let's talk about the cholera epidemic. first of all, what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s? >> the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics. cholera is a disease that's endemic to south asia and it spread out of south asia into europe and there's a major epidemic of it in 1830, 1831, 1832, spread across europe so americans saw this coming or heard about it through newspapers. rise in the americas in 1832. and then spreads throughout north america in 1832, still remains in circulation in 1833 and 1834. so, it is a global pandemic. affecting millions of people. >> what was it? what were its symptoms? what was the prognosis if you got cholera? >> well, you wouldn't want to get it, for sure. it's a bacterial disease that spread through the water, thr

. >>> up next, stony brook history professor paul kelton talks about how cal cholera spread. we talked with him at the annual meeting in sacramento, california, in 2018. >> paul kelton, professor of history at stonybrook university and the author of a number of books, including "epidemics and enslavements." let's talk about the

. >>> up next, stony brook history professor paul kelton talked about how cholera spread in the 1830s, affecting millions of people, including native americans. we talked to him at the native historians meeting in sacramento, california in 2018. >> paul kelton, professor of history at stony brook university and the author of many books including "epidemics of enslaved men." let's talk about cholera. what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s? >> the cholera epidemic was one of the firsob

. >>> up next, stony brook history professor paul kelton talked about how cholera spread from southeastsia to europe to the americas in 1830s, affecting millions of