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Matthew Henson

Matthew Henson

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Tuesday, August 8th 2023 at 8:41AM · 282 views

Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together.[1] He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. Henson said he was the first of their party to reach the North Pole.

Henson was born in Nanjemoy, Maryland, to sharecropper parents who were free Black Americans before the Civil War.

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Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, August 8th 2023 at 7:58PM

Matthew Alexander Henson spent most of his early life in Washington, D.C., but left school at the age of twelve to work as a cabin boy.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Wednesday, August 9th 2023 at 9:32PM

He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. Henson said he was the first of their party to reach the North Pole.

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