name of first Afro-American doctor of the 18th century ?

Answer 1

I know that the first African American physician in the United States was Dr. James Durham who set up his practice in New Orleans during 1783.

Answer 2

Dr. James Durham (in New Orleans in the 1780s) - but did not have a formal medical degree.

The first African-American woman to earn a Medical Degree was
Rebecca Lee Crumpler in 1864.

Source(s):
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/hmc/exhibi...

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_americ...

Answer 3

First professionally trained African-American doctor: James McCune Smith but it was in the 19th century