Day 11 – Jan Ernst Matzeliger – Mechanical Engineer/Sole Man
Jan Ernst Matzeliger 1852 – 1889 Who Was He? Jan Ernst Matzeliger was born in 1852 on a coffee plantation in Dutch Guiana. His father owned the land and his mother was enslaved. At the...
Jan Ernst Matzeliger 1852 – 1889 Who Was He? Jan Ernst Matzeliger was born in 1852 on a coffee plantation in Dutch Guiana. His father owned the land and his mother was enslaved. At the...
Frederick McKinley Jones Frederick McKinley Jones – 1893 – 1961 A Rough Road Right out of the shoot there is some disagreement about where Frederick was born. Most sources say it was Cincinnati, Ohio, but I found another that suggested it might have...