Joseph Winters

Joseph Winters

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Joseph "Indian Dick" Winters (1816ndash 1916) was an African-American abolitionist and inventor who patented a wagon-mounted fire escape in 1878.

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Joseph Winters was born in Virginia to an African-American brickmaker and a Shawnee Indian mother. He later relocated to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1830. During the time Winters lived in Chambersburg, he was active in the Underground Railroad.

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* [http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/radio/black_history_month/009443.html Radio Services: Gwen Ifill ] at www.census.gov Black History Month
* [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Joseph_Winters.htm Joseph Winters - Fire Escape Ladder ] at inventors.about.com About.com Inventors
* Pennsylvania Historical Marker [http://www.historicmarkers.com/Pennsylvania/Franklin_County_Pennsylvania/Joseph_Winters_PA1074/]


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