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Created: 2025-07-21 16:19:39 UTC

Thomas Fuller, an African man enslaved in 1724 at the age of 14, who became known as the "Virginia Calculator" due to his exceptional mental calculation abilities.

Fuller was renowned for his capacity to solve complex mathematical problems without the aid of tools like the calculator depicted in the image. When he was only 14, he was taken from Africa by white slave traders and sent to the United States. He was so good at math that he could figure out things that no one could imagine. He died on December 29, 1790.

One notable instance of his skill involved calculating the number of seconds in a year and a half, which he reportedly answered in approximately two minutes, providing the correct figure of XXXXXXXXXX. Abolitionists and white charitable people saw his skill as proof that Black slaves were just as smart as White slaves. Despite the harsh realities of his life as an enslaved person in Virginia, his mathematical prowess garnered significant attention.

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