Edward H. Sutton

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Edward H. Sutton was an inventor, author, and state legislator in North Carolina. [1] He served in the state legislature in 1883. [2] He lived in Edenton, North Carolina. [3]

An African American, he served with James W. Poe, A. R. Bridgers, Wiley Baker, James H. Harris, and John Newell. [4]

He patented a "cotton cultivator". [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Carolina Quest. Prentice-Hall. 1978. ISBN   9780131149007.
  2. ↑ "The North Carolina Historical Review". North Carolina Historical Commission. 2009.
  3. ↑ Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). "'The Class of '83': Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 282–308. JSTOR   23523861.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina State House of Representatives – 1883". www.carolana.com.
  5. ↑ "Inventors, North Carolina | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
  6. ↑ Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office. 1874.
  7. ↑ The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. North Carolina African American Heritage Foundation. 1990. ISBN   9780912081120.
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