Dr. Sarah Loguen's Dominican Republic

DR. SARAH LOGUEN FRASER AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 125+ Years Later

Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser by Susan Keeter, courtesy Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Sarah Loguen Fraser, 1850-1933, was an 1876 graduate of the medical school that is now part of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.

She was the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic, and one of the first African American women physicians in the United States. Dr. Sarah was the daughter of a former slave and ardent abolitionist (The Rev. Jermain Loguen).

During her childhood, their family home was the main station of the Underground Railroad in Syracuse.

Marriage to Charles Fraser, a pharmacist in Puerto Plata, brought Dr. Sarah Loguen to the Dominican Republic.

He is pictured with their daughter, Gregoria, circa 1884.

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Syracuse, New York

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DR. SARAH LOGUEN FRASER’S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 125+ Years Later Sarah Loguen Fraser, 1850-1933, was an 1876 graduate of the medical school that is now part of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She was the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic, and one of the first African American women physicians in the United States. Dr. Sarah was the daughter of a former slave and ardent abolitionist (The Rev. Jermain Loguen).

During her childhood, their family home was the main station of the Underground Railroad in Syracuse.

The Loguen Fraser’s family pharmacy, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 2011.

Photo by Susan Kahn, courtesy Upstate Medical University

Dr. Loguen Fraser’s family pharmacy in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, circa 1885. Courtesy Howard University

Syracuse, New York

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DR. SARAH LOGUEN FRASER’S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 125+ Years Later Sarah Loguen Fraser, 1850-1933, was an 1876 graduate of the medical school that is now part of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She was the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic, and one of the first African American women physicians in the United States. Dr. Sarah was the daughter of a former slave and ardent abolitionist (The Rev. Jermain Loguen).

During her childhood, their family home was the main station of the Underground Railroad in Syracuse.

The Loguen Fraser family home, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 2011. (Two-story, red roofed building) Photo by Susan Kahn, courtesy Upstate Medical University

Dr. Loguen Fraser (right) with her husband and daughter inside their home in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, circa 1890.

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Syracuse, New York

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DR. SARAH LOGUEN FRASER’S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 125+ Years Later Sarah Loguen Fraser, 1850-1933, was an 1876 graduate of the medical school that is now part of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She was the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic, and one of the first African American women physicians in the United States. Dr. Sarah was the daughter of a former slave and ardent abolitionist (The Rev. Jermain Loguen).

During her childhood, their family home was the main station of the Underground Railroad in Syracuse.

Today, the street where Dr. Loguen Fraser and her husband lived and worked is a medical district with doctors’ office and pharmacies. Above, a physician at work in a clinic on that same street in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 2011.

Photo by Susan Kahn, courtesy Upstate Medical University

Dr. Loguen Fraser caring for a patient on shipboard, near Puerto Plata, circa 1900. Courtesy Howard University

Syracuse, New York

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DR. SARAH LOGUEN FRASER’S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 125+ Years Later Sarah Loguen Fraser, 1850-1933, was an 1876 graduate of the medical school that is now part of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She was the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic, and one of the first African American women physicians in the United States. Dr. Sarah was the daughter of a former slave and ardent abolitionist (The Rev. Jermain Loguen).

During her childhood, their family home was the main station of the Underground Railroad in Syracuse.

The center of town in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic looks much as it did when Dr. Loguen Fraser arrived there in 1882.

Photo by Susan Kahn, Courtesy Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, as it looked when Dr. Loguen Fraser was a child. Courtesy private collection

Syracuse, New York

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DR. SARAH LOGUEN FRASER’S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 125+ Years Later Sarah Loguen Fraser, 1850-1933, was an 1876 graduate of the medical school that is now part of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She was the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic, and one of the first African American women physicians in the United States. Dr. Sarah was the daughter of a former slave and ardent abolitionist (The Rev. Jermain Loguen).

During her childhood, their family home was the main station of the Underground Railroad in Syracuse.

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 2011.

Photo by Susan Kahn, courtesy Upstate Medical University

Dr. Loguen Fraser in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, circa 1885. Photo courtesy Howard University

Syracuse, New York

www.upstate.edu