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| December 02, 1884 |
Granville T. Woods patents telephone transmitter |
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| June 24, 1885 |
Samuel David Ferguson consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and named bishop of Liberia. He was the first Black American with full membership in the House of Bishops |
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| March 25, 1887 |
Samori, the builder of the Wasulu Empire, signs with the French the treaty of Bisnadugu |
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| October 11, 1887 |
Alexander Miles patents the elevator |
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| May 14, 1888 |
Abolition of slavery in Brazil |
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| August 15, 1888 |
Granville T. Woods patents electromechanical brake |
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| August 28, 1888 |
Granville T. Woods patents railway telegraphy |
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| October 09, 1888 |
O.B. Clare patents Trestle |
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| October 17, 1888 |
Capital Savings Bank, first Black operated bank opens in Washington, DC |
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| March 14, 1889 |
Menelik cecomes ruler of Abyssinia |
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| November 30, 1889 |
S.R. Scratton patents the curtain rod |
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| January 07, 1890 |
William B. Purvis patents fountain pen |
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| June 27, 1890 |
George Dixon, born in Africville, (Halifax), Nova Scotia becomes the first Black to hold a WORLD title in boxing. George beat Nunc Wallace in the Pelican Club in England & recieved $4,250.00 |
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| March 09, 1891 |
North Carolina Agicultural and Technical State University
is founded in Greensboro, NC. |
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| May 04, 1891 |
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded the Provident Hospital and Training School |
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