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During this time in New Orleans, there were so many
destitute people dying of these diseases that the city couldn't keep up
with all the dead bodies, so they used charity wagons
to go around the city, pick them up, and carry them
into cut-rate cemeteries called Potter's fields
destitute people dying of these diseases that the city couldn't keep up
with all the dead bodies, so they used charity wagons
to go around the city, pick them up, and carry them
into cut-rate cemeteries called Potter's fields
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During this time in New Orleans,
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there were so many
destitute people
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dying of these diseases
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that the city couldn't keep up
with all the dead bodies,
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so they used charity wagons
to go around the city,
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pick them up, and carry them
into cut-rate cemeteries
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called Potter's fields.
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Movie Summary
America's past teems with bizarre, mysterious stories that seem too incredible to be true yet are documented in the archives of the nation's newspapers.