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James McCune Smith

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  • Jul 4, 1799

    Jul 4, 1799

    Before James McCune Smith was born, New York had passed a "Gradual Emancipation act that freed slave children born after July 4, 1799 but indentured them until they were young adults".
  • Apr 18, 1813

    Apr 18, 1813

    James McCune Smith was born a slave
  • Jan 1, 1816

    Jan 1, 1816

    Smith attended the African Free School
  • 1835

    1835

    He earned his bachelor's degree

  • 1836

    He had earned his master’s degree

  • 1837

    He earned his medical degree
  • Apr 7, 1840

    Apr 7, 1840

    In the early 1840s Smith married Malvina Barnet
  • Mar 24, 1846

    Mar 24, 1846

    Smith became the medical director and only colored doctor of New York’s Free Negro Orphans Asylum

  • Nov 17, 1865

    James McCune Smith had Died of a heart disease