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The Activist Surgeon

Alexander Augusta
The first black officer in the United States army never lifted a gun on the field of battle. Alexander Augusta's pursuit of education eventually led him to Canada, but when Lincoln issued a call for colored troops, Augusta returned to the land of his birth. An activist who never stopped fighting for equality. The forgotten story of Alexander Augusta, an American Hero.
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Photo: Alexander Augusta, National Library of Medicine
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