C.R. Patterson & Sons played a major role in Black automotive history. Charles Richard Patterson was born into slavery in Virginia in 1833 and later settled in Greenfield, Ohio, a town with abolitionist ties and Underground Railroad history. He worked as a blacksmith, became a foreman, and in 1873 partnered with J.P. Lowe to start […]

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