Inventors & Innovations Slave Inventors An illustration of Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper in action. McCormick's reaper, which made him a large fortune, was designed at least in part by his slave Jo Anderson. [Public Domain via The Trustees of Princeton University] Websites Frye, Brian L., "Invention of a Slave" (2018). Law Faculty Scholarly Articles. 619 Johnson, Shontavia. “With Patents or Without, Black Inventors Reshaped American Industry,” Smithsonian Magazine, February 16, 2017. Individuals Jo Anderson – [Helped designed Mechanical Reaper] Chandler, D.L. “Little Known Black History Fact: Jo Anderson,” Black America Web. Tracy. “5 Inventions by Enslaved Black Men Blocked By U.S. Patent Office,” Atlanta BlackStar, February 11, 2014. Benjamin Bradley – [Engineer and Inventor] Gordon, Jacob U. 2004. The Black male in white America. New York: Nova Science Publishers. Rupert, A. “Benjamin Bradley (1830- ?),” Blackpast.org. Spangenburg, Ray, and Diane Moser. 2003. African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention. New York, NY: Facts On File. Individuals Cont. Benjamin T. Montgomery – [Helped designed Mechanical Reaper] Frye, Brian L., "Invention of a Slave" (2018). Law Faculty Scholarly Articles. 619. [PDF] Novak, Matt. “The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave,” Paleofuture.gizmodo, Aug 28, 2018. Pawley, James A.. Eighty-seven Pertinent Paragraphs on the Negro in America. United States: Social Problems Unit, Negro Adult Education Program, 1937. Ben Montgomery - Wikipedia Ned – [Invented a Cotton Scraper] Appiah, Anthony Kwame, and Henry Louis Gates. 2005. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Lienhard, John H. “No. 1076: Slave Inventors,” University of Houston - - - Videos - - - Masters of Invention Full Length – [Min: 23: 27] < Previous |
