![]() He died about three weeks before the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery. Smith devoted much of his life to working with abolitionists to end the enslavement of Black people in the South. As a physician, he treated both Black and white patients, and also served as the chief doctor at the New York City Colored Orphan Asylum. When he returned to New York City in 1837, he established his own medical office and pharmacy at 93 West Broadway - making him the first African American doctor with his own practice in the United States. ![]() Smith had a keen interest in languages, mastering Latin, Greek, and French, and developed a working knowledge of Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, and German. He was denied admission to American colleges because he was Black, but he was able to attend the University of Glasgow in Scotland, where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and medical degrees by age 24.ĭr. Born into slavery in New York City in 1813, as a young man James McCune Smith set his sights on becoming a doctor. ![]()
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