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> I cannot think of any technology developed by slaves. No thinking needed. A quick search turns this up: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/with-paten
by drewcoo 2y ago
> I cannot think of any technology developed by slaves.
No thinking needed. A quick search turns this up:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/with-patents-or-without-black-inventors-reshaped-american-industry-180962201/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/with-patents-or-wi...
- WalterBright 2y agoIt does indeed mention 3 inventions by slaves, and then a number of inventions by free men. For some perspective, here's an accounting of the number of patents by year: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/h_counts.htm https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/h_counts.h...
- Eisenstein 2y agoThe whole point is that such evidence would not exist in the first place, so 3 examples are actually statistically significant and indicate that there are a whole lot more than that.