US Patent Office Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/us-patent-office/ Arts and African History Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:30:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 5 Inventions by Enslaved Black Men Blocked by US Patent Office https://consciousness.co.za/5-inventions-by-enslaved-black-men-blocked-by-us-patent-office/ https://consciousness.co.za/5-inventions-by-enslaved-black-men-blocked-by-us-patent-office/#respond Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:07:40 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=9074 Source: Atlantablackstar.com The Patent Act of 1793 and 1836 barred enslaved Africans from obtaining patents because they were not considered citizens. In 1861, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, enacted a patent law that allowed enslaved Africans to receive patent protection for their inventions, according to Bloomberg.com. In 1870, the U.S. government [...]

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