Thomas Fuller Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/thomas-fuller/ Arts and African History Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:25:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Virginia Calculator: Thomas Fuller, African ”Slave” And Mathematical Genius https://consciousness.co.za/the-virginia-calculator-thomas-fuller-african-slave-and-mathematical-genius/ https://consciousness.co.za/the-virginia-calculator-thomas-fuller-african-slave-and-mathematical-genius/#respond Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:38:48 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=9115 Source: Yourblackworld.net/ Thomas Fuller, familiarly known as the Virginia Calculator, was a native of Africa. At the age of fourteen he was stolen, and sold into slavery in Virginia, where he found himself the property of a planter residing about four miles from Alexandria. He did not understand the art of reading or writing, but [...]

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