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Person · 1813–1865

James McCune Smith

The first Black American to hold a medical degree (University of Glasgow); ran a pharmacy and practice in New York and was a prominent abolitionist and writer.

Physician / medicine. The first Black American to hold a medical degree (University of Glasgow); ran a pharmacy and practice in New York and was a prominent abolitionist and writer.

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    Black Americans in Medicine

    The first Black American to hold a medical degree (University of Glasgow); ran a pharmacy and practice in New York and was a prominent abolitionist and writer.