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Jan Ernest MatzeligerThe inventor of the shoe laster.
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Childhood Family Was born in 1852
Was not born in America
Mother, Dutch
Father, Dutch engineer
The Shoe Laster Made it out of scraps
Made 700 shoes a day
An expert person who made shoes could make 50 a day
Death
Died 1889
Died at age 27 of tuberculoses
Was not mourned for because he was an African American
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