SMITH, James McCune (1813 – 1865)

1813 – 1865

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2007 CE

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The works of James McCune Smith: Black intellectual and abolitionist. Edited by John Stauffer. Forward by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

SMITH, James McCune (1813 – 1865)

STAUFFER, John

Smith "was the first African American to hold a medical degree and graduated at the top in his class at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. After his return to the United States, he became the first African America…

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