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How did Black inventors, Benjamin Montgomery and Thomas Jennings benefit from their

inventions?

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The world of invention is famous for its patent disputes. But what happens when your dispute wasn’t with another inventor but whether the Patent Office saw you as a person at all? In 1864, a black man named Benjamin T. Montgomery tried to patent his new propeller for steamboats. The Patent Office said that he wasn’t allowed to patent his invention.

Explanation: Tried my hardest to find a reasonable answer for you man this is all I got.

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