On February 9, 2023, two plaques were unveiled at Trinity College in Toronto, Canada, honoring the lives of two of the first Black physicians to attend medical school and be licensed in Canada.
was another of the first licensed Black doctors in Canada. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and received his education in secret due to racist local laws and traditions that prevented the education of African Americans. In the 1840s, Augusta moved to Baltimore to begin studying medicine. After being rejected by several American medical schools that were not routinely accepting Black applicants, August moved to Toronto, Canada, with his wife Mary, who was very successful in her own right.
According to Toronto researcher and historian Dr. Alanna McKnight, “Mary Augusta was one of the few Black women in 19th-century Toronto who owned a business. While her husband completed his medical education and ran a pharmacy, Mary ran a dressmaking shop. She advertised in thenewspaper, and her shop was located very close to the Ward, where many new Canadians lived. It’s probable that she gave Black women from America their first paid employment.
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