L c bailey inventor biography

American entrepreneur, inventor and banker

Leonard C. Bailey (c.

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1825 - September 1, 1918) was an African-American entrepreneur, inventor, and banker. He founded one of the first African-American banks in the United States.

Bailey was born in about 1825 to a free African-American family.^[1] Growing up in poverty, Bailey worked as a barber and built up a chain of barbershops in Washington, D.C.^[2]

Bailey invented and received patents for a series of devices, many designed for military or government use.

These included a collapsible, folding bed designed for easy storage and portability,^[3][4] an innovation adopted by the U.S. military;^[1] a rapid mail-stamping machine used by the U.S. Postal Service;^[1] a device to shunt trains to different tracks; and a hernia truss adopted into wide use by the U.S.

Army Medical Board. Bailey had to escape from a military camp after there was an attempt to capture Leonard C. Bailey (1825-1918) - Blackpast BITA