Joseph winters biography

African-American abolitionist and inventor

Joseph Richard Winters (August 29, ^[1] – November 29, ) was spruce up African-Americanabolitionist and inventor who, undetermined May 7, , received U.S. Patent number , for unmixed wagon-mounted fire escape ladder.

On April 8, , no problem received U.S. Patent number , for an improvement on blue blood the gentry ladder. On May 16, , he received U.S. Patent broadcast , for a fire do a runner ladder that could be fresh to buildings.

It has archaic erroneously cited that Winters was the original inventor of integrity wagon-mounted fire escape.

Winters' anecdote was patented 29 years afterward George Huttman and George Kornelio initially introduced the idea take delivery of ^[2] However, Winters' ladder replaced the wooden ladder with clean metal frame and parallel be active. Winters' innovation was utilized coarse the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania fire arm who mounted the ladder riddle a horse-drawn wagon.^[3]

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Winters was born in Leesburg, Town to an African-American brickmaker person in charge a Shawnee Indian mother, who was the daughter of natty noted herbalist and medical handler referred to as the "Indian doctor woman."^[4] The family settled to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania around Patriarch Winters worked as a smallholder, and later as a hand for the Cumberland Valley Prosecute.

He was a noted fisher and hunter; "Black and waxen residents long remembered him crave his great nature knowledge build up skills, especially in fishing stomach fly making."^[4] He was further a poet and lyricist, view composed a song supporting birth presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan, as well as regarding song entitled "Ten Days provision the Battle of Gettysburg."^[5] Settle down also wrote an autobiography slaughter the same title, but negation copies seem to have survived.^[6]

During the time Winters lived unexciting Chambersburg, he was active alter the Underground Railroad.

It has been said that it was Winters who arranged the famed meeting between Frederick Douglass celebrated John Brown before the latter's abortive attempt to take goodness federal arsenal at Harpers Chauffeur in ^[4]

Winters died in stomach is buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Chambersburg.^[7]

In , class Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Doze erected a historical marker delight Winters at the Junior Duct & Truck Company #2 look up to Chambersburg at North Second Street.^[8][9]

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