The mechanical reaper was invented by Cyrus McCormick, not Jo Anderson. He applied for the patent in 1834.
Jo Anderson was the slave that helped his master invent the Reaper.
Jo Anderson
Jo Anderson helped to invent the reaper. This was a mechanical farming equipment that planted larger fields, which lessen the work of farm labors.
he was African America he was a slave on mccoirmick plantion who help invent the reaper
Cyrus McCormick was actually the co-inventor of the reaper. The other inventor was Jo Anderson. Jo Anderson was a slave and if often not credited for co-inventing the reaper with Cryrus McCormick (a white man). As for WHEN they did this, sometime between 1800-1830.
Jo Anderson helped Cyrus mccromick to invent the reaper.
Cyrus Invented a horse-drawn reaper; what once took 20 hours to harvest could be done in less than 1 hour; made large-scale farming possible without the use of slaves, but I do not know what Jo Anderson did.
Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick
The man who helped Cyrus McCormick invent the mechanical reaper was a slave named Jo Anderson. McCormick also acknowledged that his invention was based on work done by people before him.
it was in the 1800's
He is often credited with being the inventor of the mechanical reaper or harvester.
The first successful mechanical reaping machine, the reaper, was made by the American inventor Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson in 1831.