by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Lloyd Ray Created the Dust Pan Before Lloyd Ray patented his invention, anyone cleaning a room or a hall simply swept dirt, dust or trash out of a door onto the ground outside or used a piece of paper in order to collect it. Ray created a device with a metal... by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
William Purvis Invented a Fountain Pen William Purvis realized how much of an inconvenience it was to have to carry around a bottle of ink whenever you needed to sign a contract or fill out legal papers. He therefore decided to do something about it. On January 7,... by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Robert Pelham An African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She founded a hair and beauty supply company aimed at Black consumers and was heralded by the the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made... by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
John Parker Created a Screw for a Tobacco Press Entrepreneur John P. Parker was born in 1827 in Norfolk, Virginia. His father was white and his mother was a black slave. John was sold to a slave agent in 1835 and then sold to a slave caravan which took him to Mobile,... by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
George Murray Created a Cotton-chopping Device George Murray was, without a doubt, one of the most remarkable citizens of his time. A teacher, farmer, land developer and federal customs inspector, the former slave would go on to become a United States Congressman and... by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Benjamin Montgomery Developed a Special Steamboat Propeller. From Slave to Inventor Benjamin Montgomery was born into slavery in 1819 in Loudon County, Virginia. He was sold to Joseph E. Davis, a Mississippi planter. Davis was the older brother of Jefferson Davis who...