From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Unidentified

An unidentified slave in Kentucky is said to have invented the hemp-brake machine. For more see African American Inventors, by O. R. Sullivan.

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Inventors

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Kentucky

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“Unidentified,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 12, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/655.

Last modified: 2017-07-19 17:51:22