Before the 1880s, the most difficult part of making a shoe was done by hand, making them expensive. Jan Ernst Matzeliger, born in Suriname to a Dutch engineer and an enslaved mother, saw this inefficiency and dedicated his life to solving it. ​On March 20, 1883, he was granted a patent for his automated shoe-lasting machine. This incredible invention could produce up to 700 pairs of shoes a day, compared to a skilled worker's 50. The result? Shoe prices were cut in half, making them affordable f
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