Edward H. Sutton was an inventor, author, and state legislator in North Carolina.[1] He served in the state legislature in 1883.[2] He lived in Edenton, North Carolina.[3]

An African American, he served with James W. Poe, A. R. Bridgers, Wiley Baker, James H. Harris, and John Newell.[4]

He patented a "cotton cultivator".[5][6][7]

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References

  1. ↑ Carolina Quest. Prentice-Hall. 1978. ISBN 9780131149007.
  2. ↑ "The North Carolina Historical Review". North Carolina Historical Commission. 2009.
  3. ↑ Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). ""The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 282–308. JSTOR 23523861 – via JSTOR.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1883". www.carolana.com.
  5. ↑ "Inventors, North Carolina | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
  6. ↑ Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office. 1874.
  7. ↑ The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. North Carolina African American Heritage Foundation. 1990. ISBN 9780912081120.
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