Webster Sewell and the Struggle for Equal Care / General Richard Montgomery: "A Grateful Remembrance"

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Lachin, Teresa B.
Plumb, Robert C.

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2021-05

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Vol. 64;No. 1

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First article: the story of Webster Sewell, Montgomery County's only Black doctor during the 1950s and early 1960s; his early life and education, his family and medical practice, a nearly career-ending court case in 1960, his later work, posthumous honors. Second article: the story of Richard Montgomery, namesake of the county. His life and military career, marriage and family life, campaigns during the American Revolution, death in Canada, ownership of enslaved people, national and local legacy.

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Montgomery County Historical Society