Article ID: CBB749822662

“Love Him and Let Him Go”: The American Colonization Society's James Brown—Pioneering African-American Apothecary in the United States and Liberia, 1802–1853, Part I—The United States (2018)

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This article traces the life, career, and accomplishments of African-American Liberian emigrant James E. Brown. Born in about 1802, Brown was a longtime supporter of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and promoted emigration for African-Americans during his time both in the United States and in Liberia. Studying under the auspices of the American Colonization Society in the early 1830s, Brown apprenticed with a prominent white Washington, DC, pharmacist, becoming one of the first known formally trained African-American apothecaries. Part I of this article recounts Brown's life and travels in the United States—both before and after his 1833 emigration as the Liberian Colonial Apothecary—including his pharmacy education and his vocal support of the American Colonization Society.

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Authors & Contributors
Cipriani, Giovanni
Eric H. Walther
Vannucci, Laura
Carani, Maria Teresa
Fedrigotti, Chiara
Bond, Gregory T.
Journals
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Pharmacy in History
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Journal of Medical Biography
Health and History
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Publishers
University of Houston
University of Georgia Press
SLACK
Peter Lang
Oxford University Press
American Pharmacists Association
Concepts
Pharmacy
Apothecaries
Biographies
African Americans and science
Medicine
Physicians; doctors
People
Ferrari, Girolamo
Brown, James E.
Smith, Nathan
Hoffmann, Frederick
Hodge, William Thomas
Garner, Richard Lynch
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
United States
Italy
Africa
Republic of Liberia
Florence (Italy)
Europe
Institutions
Ford Motor Company
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