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In the Middle Ages, aprons made from leather and heavy canvas were worn by farriers, cobblers, butchers, blacksmiths and other tradesmen desiring heavy duty protection from the perils of their work.
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Nicole Mowbray, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Early freed Black men became blacksmiths and farmers and used their skills to invent such things as the corn planter, the cotton-cleaning machine, the broom-making machine, and in 1853, the potato chip.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
Before the end of slavery, Blacks were a large part (in many states, the largest) of the skilled labor workforce, think carpenters, plumbers, masons, blacksmiths, etc.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Included are 21 grocery stores, 11 general stores, four dry-goods stores, five notions and millinery stores, four drugstores, four second-hand stores, three butcher shops, three bookstores, three sawmills, two bathhouses, two blacksmiths, two hardware stores, two flour mills and two meat markets.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025
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Nicole Mowbray, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Early freed Black men became blacksmiths and farmers and used their skills to invent such things as the corn planter, the cotton-cleaning machine, the broom-making machine, and in 1853, the potato chip.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
Before the end of slavery, Blacks were a large part (in many states, the largest) of the skilled labor workforce, think carpenters, plumbers, masons, blacksmiths, etc.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Included are 21 grocery stores, 11 general stores, four dry-goods stores, five notions and millinery stores, four drugstores, four second-hand stores, three butcher shops, three bookstores, three sawmills, two bathhouses, two blacksmiths, two hardware stores, two flour mills and two meat markets.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025
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blacksmith
noun
black·smith
ˈblak-ˌsmith 
: a worker who shapes iron (as into horseshoes) by heating it and then hammering it on an iron block
blacksmithing
noun
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