Lewis Temple

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A statue of Lewis Temple in New Bedford, Massachusetts
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A statue of Lewis Temple in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Lewis Temple was a slave born in Richmond, Virginia who escaped and relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts where he invented the "Toggle harpoon" known as "Temple's Toggle".

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