Preface & Introduction

Introduction

By James M’Cune Smith

0/12 sections

James M’Cune Smith — a Black physician and the first African American to hold a medical degree — assesses Douglass's life and character, tracing his eloquence and intellect to his mother and grandmother rather than, as some assumed, his white paternity.

James M’Cune Smith's biographical assessment of DouglassDouglass's break with the Garrisonians, previewedRefutation of claims that Douglass's abilities came from his white ancestryComparison to Hugh Miller's autobiography

12 sections · ~27 min read