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Alfred Schmitz Shadd
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Alfred Schmitz Shadd (c. 1869 – March 9, 1915) was a Canadian educator, doctor, journalist, and politician. Born into a family of black abolitionists and activists, he is best known for being the first black doctor in the Prairies. He was the owner and editor of The Carrot River Journal, a weekly newspaper in Melfort, Saskatchewan, which he ran from 1908 to 1912.
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