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Lawson A. Scruggs

1857–1914

United States

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Lawson Andrew Scruggs (January 15, 1857 – December 1, 1914) was a physician in North Carolina who was active in politics and civil rights. He was African American. In 1893, he published a volume of biographies of African-American Women, Women of Distinction.

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