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Necessity is the mother of invention and who was in a more necessitous position than victims of the Atlantic slave trade? You may revolutionize industries, but good luck getting a patent.
00:47 Patents and law
06:40 Benjamin Bradley
09:10 Benjamin Montgomery
16:30 Thomas Jennings
23:15 Henry Boyd
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Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesilyan, Dan Henig.
Sources:
https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-history-month-inventions-black-slaves-denied-patents/
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/08/05/sarah-boone-inventor-ironing-board-and-first-black/
https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-history-month-inventions-black-slaves-denied-patents/
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/reed-judy-w-c-1826
https://blackinventor.com/benjamin-bradley/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/goode-sarah-e-c-1855-1905/
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