BlackFacts.com Fact of the Day - March 3

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Thomas L. Jennings was the first Black man to receive a patent.

The patent, awarded March 3, 1821, was for his discovery of a process called dry-scouring which was the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning.

Jennings was a tailor and passionate abolitionist who opened a dry cleaning business in New York City.

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