The works of James McCune Smith : Black intellectual and abolitionist
Best known today for his introduction to Frederick Douglas' My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), James McCune Smith was the foremost black intellectual in antebellum America and the first African American to receive a medical degree (from the University of Glasgow). This volume showcases Smith's writings on black education and self-help, citizendship, and fight against racism.
History
xlii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780195309614, 0195309618
1023179392
Early essays, speeches, and journal
New York correspondent, 1851-1855
New York correspondent, 1856-1859
Heads of the Colored people, 1852-1854
Anglo-African articles, 1859
Letters to Gerrit Smith, 1846-1864