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Black Doctor: A Biography of James McCune Smith, MD, the First Fully Trained and Credentialed Black Doctor in America by Christopher L Webber
- Black Doctor: A Biography of James McCune Smith, MD, the First Fully Trained and Credentialed Black Doctor in America
- Christopher L Webber
- Page: 374
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9781958870235
- Publisher: Western New Mexico University
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Dr. James McCune Smith was more than just a pioneer. Born in slavery in New York City when slavery was still legal there, James McCune Smith managed to get a good elementary education in a Quaker school but was turned down by colleges because he was Black. Seeing his ability, his pastor raised funds to send him to Scotland where in five years he earned a BA, MA, and MD with honors. He returned to New York with better training than most American doctors and established a practice serving Black and white alike. Smith took a leading role in the abolition movement, working closely with Frederick Douglass and writing a regular column for Douglass's paper. James McCune Smith formed a rare Black-white friendship with Gerrit Smith, a wealthy white landowner in upstate New York; when Gerrit Smith, Frederick Douglass, and others formed a Radical Abolition Party to work to abolish slavery, McCune Smith served as chair of the party's convention-the first time a Black American had chaired a national convention. One of the most important voices in the pre-Civil War abolition movement, this biography brings him to vibrant life as a key figure in American history. This is his story.
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