Hawkins, Joseph
unknown · Contribution: 1845
Household & Domestic Inventions
Patented an early gridiron cooking device
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Quick facts
- Active since
- 1845
- Category
- Household & Domestic Inventions
Impact on the world
Hawkins secured a rare antebellum patent by a Black inventor, contributing a practical improvement to open-flame cooking.
Sources
- Google Patents (US 3,973), primary source. [Note: Hawkins is genuinely obscure, with only non-authoritative secondary coverage, retained honestly as a single strong primary-source entry.]
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