"This is an important book." DR. JOHN R . KAUFMANMCKIVIGAN Professor of History and Editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis "James McCune Smith, the first Black doctor in America, was a remarkable man. Christopher L. Webber's 'Black Doctor' is a remarkable biography of Smith. Long overdue, it is a welcome addition to the literature of the African American freedom struggle. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this definitive biography of Smith offers important historical insights on African American leadership, the abolitionist movement and antebellum era politics in America.

" PROFESSOR ROBERT C. SMITH, Ph.D. (retired) San Francisco State University Recipient of Howard University's Distinguished Ph.D. Alumni Award "Christopher L. Webber's Black Doctor: A Biography of James McCune Smith (1813 - 1865) is a vital work informing so many of us about the first fully trained and credentialed Black doctor in the United States. I was delighted to learn about Smith's incredible achievements in light of the structure of racism surrounding his context.

I highly recommend Webber's thorough work and inspiring story into the challenge of being black in America." THE REV. MICHAEL BATTLE, Ph.D. Herbert Thompson Chair of Church and Society & Director of the Desmond Tutu Center General Theological Seminary "A thoroughly gripping life story of rising from ashes and becoming a true trailblazer. This is the important unsung history of Dr. James McCune Smith-READ IT." E.

LISA FORTE_MASON, ESQ., SR. Warden, St. Philip's Episcopal Church.