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James McCune Smith

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Doctor
Died
Nov 17, 1865
Zodiac
Aries
Born in
New York
About
Physician, author and abolitionist who is notable for becoming the first African-American in history to earn a medical degree. He was a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society and used his platform to refute widely-held beliefs about medicine and intelligence in regard to race.
Family
He and his wife Malvina Barnet were both of mixed African and European ancestry. He had a total of seven children.

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