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Given how much history the site held—both her own and that of
black children after the Civil War—Blount had planned to build a

library and museum. “Thereʼs no reason these things should be lost

from history,” she said. Unfortunately, before she could see her plans

come to fruition, she died in 2009—but her memory lives on in her
remarkable life story, her innovative patent designs and the

descendants of her signature invention.

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