More than 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with President Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate people. Abbott, born in Toronto in 1837, was the first Black Canadian licensed as a physician and served as a surgeon in the U.S. army. He was also one of the first two Black people to attend a White House reception.
Doctor with Hamilton ties, 1st Black man at White House reception, among 'courageous' Civil War surgeons | CBC News LoadedOver 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate people. Toronto-born Abbott practised in Hamilton and was the first Black Canadian licensed as a physician, notes the author of a book on "courageous" Civil War surgeons.
During her research for her 312-page book, which was published in 2023 and includes the stories of 14 doctors, Newmark said she learned through Abbott's archival papers and journals at the Toronto Public Library that he lived in a boarding house when he arrived in Washington. The cover of Jill Newmark's book shows John H. Rapier Jr., Abbott, William P. Power Jr. and Alexander T. Augusta, left to right. "In February of 1864, Alexander Augusta and Anderson Abbott were the first Black men, probably the first Black soldiers for sure, to attend a White House reception," Newmark said.
"So, that has to be representative of the possible friendship they had. He also says that after the president died, he went to the White House, and he went into the East Room and he viewed the body.
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