James McCune Smith Publishes Statistical Refutation of Scientific Racism

Dr. James McCune Smith published a series of statistical analyses, including 'Influence of Climate on Longevity' and essays in Frederick Douglass' Paper, systematically demolishing Samuel Morton's and Josiah Nott's 'scientific' claims of Black inferiority using their own census data against them. Smith showed methodological fraud in pro-slavery science, becoming the first Black American to produce peer-quality statistical social science.