Inventions Part Two: Whirligig Chairs & Abolitionist Patents

Welcome to the Inventions Part Two with special guests Plodding Through the Presidents Podcast! This week we kick it off with some weird inventions by Thomas Jefferson. Naturally this is followed by some rage because he's kind of the worst. Next, we dive into some of the earliest African American inventors in the United States that everyone should know!

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• https://www.badgerbots.org/black-inventors-historically-denied-rights-under-patent-law/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/african-american-inventors-18th-century/
• https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/02/16/signed-x-judy-reed-improved-dough-kneader-roller/id=129915/#:~:text=sheet%20or%20ribbon.-,One%20of%20the%20First,Leon%20with%20U.S.%20Patent%20No.
• https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/02/08/revolutionizing-cooking-mary-jones-de-leon/id=129701/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/african-american-inventors-18th-century/#:~:text=Most%20historians%20agree%20that%20Thomas,dry%2Dclean%20clothes%20in%201821.
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• https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision
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