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| Birthday |
31st May, 1850
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| Birthplace |
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
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| Died |
30th November, 1876
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| Place of Death |
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
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| Occupation |
Military
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James Webster Smith (June 1850 – November 30, 1876) was an American professor and a cadet at the United States Military Academy. A former slave, Smith became a scholar and is recognized as the first black person appointed to a cadetship at West Point. His tenure at the academy, from 1870 to 1874, was fraught with racial prejudice and ended with Smith's formal dismissal a year before completing his studies. Embittered by his experience, Smith nonetheless found success as a professor at South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Institute. He died of tuberculosis in 1876.
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