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James McCune Smith

(Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865)

James McCune Smith (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865) was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree. His M.D. was awarded by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland, where a building has been dedicated to him. After his return to the United States, he also became the first African American to run a pharmacy in the nation. (From Wikipedia)

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Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865, contrib.: A Memorial Discourse, by Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Washington City, D.C., on Sabbath, February 12, 1865; With an Introduction, by James McCune Smith, M.D. (with a Philadelphia: J. M. Wilson, 1865), by Henry Highland Garnet (page images at HathiTrust)
Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865, contrib.: My Bondage and My Freedom (New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1855), by Frederick Douglass (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865, contrib.: My Bondage and My Freedom (c1855), by Frederick Douglass
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Additional books by James McCune Smith in the extended shelves:

Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865: A lecture on the Haytien revolutions; with a sketch of the character of Toussaint L'Ouverture. Delivered at the Stuyvesant Institute ... February 26, 1841. (Printed by D. Fanshaw, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)

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