Thomas Jennings was the first African American to receive a patent
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Engineering Diversity History of Science and Technology |
| Special Topic(s): |
Black and African American Scientists and Engineers History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): |
Mary Bellis
Organization: About.com Department: Inventors |
| Description: | From About.com's series on inventors. Excerpt: "Thomas Jennings was the first African American to receive a patent, on March 3, 1821 (U.S. patent3306x). Thomas Jennings' patent was for a dry-cleaning process called "dry scouring". The first money Thomas Jennings earned from his patent was spent on the legal fees (my polite way of saying enough money to purchase) necessary to liberate his family out of slavery and support the abolitionist cause." |
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| Keywords: | African American inventors, Thomas Jennings, dry-cleaning |
| Is Component of |
About.com Inventors |
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| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljennings.htm |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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