early 19th century:

John Rapier

(1835-1865)


for background, check:


1861
Goes to Kingston, Jamaica to study dentistry


'John Rapier, who studied dentistry under Canadian doctor John Beckett in Kingston during the winter of 1861- 1862.'

 

From Tennessee slave to St. Louis entrepreneur: the autobiography of James Thomas 

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