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Many experts consider Benjamin Banneker the first African-American inventor, who blazed a trail of invention to be followed lat

He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world- This epitaph on the grave of George Washington Carver is proof enough of the contribution this great African-American made by inventing new agricultural technologies that revolutionized farming in several parts of the US. He refused several lucrative offers and kept working to produce several patents on farms and industrial products in the late 18th century and then in the first few decades of 19th century.

Many experts consider Benjamin Banneker the first African-American inventor, who blazed a trail of invention to be followed late

on the grave of George Washington Carver is proof enough of the contribution this great African-American made by inventing new agricultural technologies that revolutionized farming in several parts of the US. He refused several lucrative offers and kept working to produce several patents on farms and industrial products in the late 18th century and then in the first few decades of 19th century.

Many experts consider Benjamin Banneker the first African-American inventor, who blazed a trail of invention to be followed lat

ultural technologies that revolutionized farming in several parts of the US. He refused several lucrative offers and kept working to produce several patents on farms and industrial products in the late 18th century and then in the first few decades of 19th century.

Many experts consider Benjamin Banneker the first African-American inventor, who blazed a trail of invention to be followed lat

produce several patents on farms and industrial products in the late 18th century and then in the first few decades of 19th century.

Many experts consider Benjamin Banneker the first African-American inventor, who blazed a trail of invention to be followed lat

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Many experts consider Benjamin Banneker the first African-American inventor, who blazed a trail of invention to be followed later by many other African-Americans. Banneker was a multi-faceted personality, as he was not only an inventor but also a leading light of the anti-slavery movement. He is remembered for bringing out a Farmer's Almanac. He is credited with building the first wooden pocket watch and predicting several celestial events on the basis of his own calculations. Interestingly he did all this through self-education. He died in 1806.

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