The Illiterate Inventor Who Changed Farming Henry Blair, a Black farmer who couldn't read or write, patented the mechanical corn planter in 1834 and a cotton planter in 1836, becoming only the second Black man to receive a U.S. patent. #BlackHistory #Inventors #Agriculture #AmericanHistory Henry Blair, Black inventors, agricultural inventions, corn planter, cotton planter, U.S. patent, 19th century innovation, farming technology, Black history, American inventors | Black History Unfiltered