Earth's Unsung-est Heroes: Black Inventors, pt. 3 (ep. 183)

<p>Congrats to Hearts & Wheels, who won week 2 of #moxiemillion, by sharing the show to help it reach 1 million downloads this month!</p> <p>Necessity is the mother of invention and who was in a more necessitous position than victims of the Atlantic slave trade?  You may revolutionize industries, but good luck getting a patent.</p> <p>00:47 Patents and law </p> <p>06:40 Benjamin Bradley</p> <p>09:10 Benjamin Montgomery</p> <p>16:30 Thomas Jennings</p> <p>23:15 Henry Boyd</p> <p>Links to all the research resources are on the <a href= "http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/panto">website</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hang out</a> with your fellow Brainiacs. </p> <p>Reach out and touch Moxie on <a href= "http://yourbrainonfacts.libsyn.com/content/facebook.com/yourbrainonfacts">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://yourbrainonfacts.libsyn.com/content/twitter.com/moxielabouche">Twitter</a>,  or <a href= "http://yourbrainonfacts.libsyn.com/content/instagram.com/yourbrainonfacts">Instagram.</a> </p> <p>Become a patron of the podcast arts! <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/yourbrainonfacts">Patreon</a> or <a href="http://www.kofi.com/yourbrainonfacts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ko-Fi</a>.  Or <a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/your-brain-on-facts-things-you-didn-t-know-things-you-thought-you-knew-and-things-you-never-knew-you-never-knew-trivia-quizzes-fun-fa/9781642502534?aid=14459&listref=books-based-on-podcasts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">buy the book</a> and <a href= "https://www.teepublic.com/stores/your-brain-on-facts?ref_id=11890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a shirt</a>.</p> <p>Music: <a href="http://www.incompetech.com/">Kevin MacLeod</a>, <a href="https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Fesilyan</a>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK0ePBXwnDZuZjF6xy3l77A" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Dan Henig</a><a href= "https://chrishaugen.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">.</a></p> <p>Sponsors: <a href= "https://podcas