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- Benjamin_Bradley_(inventor) comment "Benjamin Bradley was born a slave in Maryland, around 1830, but became and engineer and inventor. Although it was against the law to teach a slave how to read or write, Bradley learned literacy from his master's children. Bradley was also good at mathematics, and showed a natural talent for making things. As a teenager, Bradley was put to work at an office where he built a working steam engine from pieces of scrap metal.".