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Agriculture
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Farmer, Inventor
Henry Blair
Maryland | 1819-1918
Henry Blair is a African American farmer and inventor born in Maryland in 1807. Henry Blair was the second Black person to receive a patent for an invention. In his life, he invented farm machines which make farming better and easier. Throughout his life, he received two patents for two inventions. Henry Blair sadly died in 1860 at age 53 due to unknown causes.
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