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Martin R. Delany

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United States Army officer and physician, abolitionist, journalist, and writer (1812-1885)

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Martin Robison Delany was an American abolitionist, journalist, physician, military officer, and writer. Delany was an early and influential proponent of black nationalism.

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Martin R. Delany was the only black officer who received the rank of major during the Civil War.Martin R. Delany was the only black officer who received the rank of major during the Civil War.

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Martin Robison Delany was an American abolitionist, journalist, physician, military officer, and writer. Delany was an early and influential proponent of black nationalism. Delany is credited with the Pan-African slogan of "Africa for Africans." Born as a free person of color in Charles Town, Virginia, and raised in Chambersburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Delany trained as a physician's assistant. During the cholera epidemics of 1833 and 1854 in Pittsburgh, Delany treated patients, even though many doctors and residents fled the city out of fear of contamination. In this period, people did not know how the disease was transmitted.

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Lived 1812 to 1885 · aged 72
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