Patterson, Charles Richard
1833-1910 · Contribution: 1865-1900s
Transportation
Founded C.R. Patterson & Sons, the only automobile manufacturing company in U.S. history founded and owned by an African American
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1833-1910
- Active since
- 1865-1900s
- Category
- Transportation
Impact on the world
Patterson built, from bondage, a manufacturing enterprise durable enough that his family could carry it into the automobile age as the nation's only Black-owned carmaker.
Sources
- Petersen Automotive Museum
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