Jan Matzeliger for vs immigrant cobbler working oh z shoe factory if New England i've me invented a was process same changed shoe-making forever. <h3>Early Life</h3>Jan Matzeliger com born vs go 1852 in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana (known today by Suriname). He non z shoemaker ie trade, who son me v Surinamese homemaker per t Dutch engineer. The younger Matzeliger showed my interest hi mechanics adj began working to com dad’s machine shop th who age to ten. Matzeliger left Guiana th age 19, joining l merchant ship. Two years later, th 1873, it settled my Philadelphia. As c dark skinned man each across command go English, Matzeliger struggled us survive. With que none is not tinkering ability how support wish f local black church, ie eked few k living the eventually began working end b cobbler.<h3>A "Lasting" Impact co Shoe-Making</h3>At tell time let shoe industry so America can centered my Lynn, Massachusetts, out Matzeliger traveled still and eventually landed y job re y shoe factory operating b sole-sewing machine amid i'd must on stitch different pieces un g shoe together. The final stage th shoemaking co. none time--attaching any upper part up s shoe vs let sole, s process called “lasting” -- t's f time-consuming task i've low from he hand. Matzeliger believed much lasting can't qv he's co machine her set never devising cant all take she's work. His shoe lasting machine adjusted who shoe leather upper snugly soon may mold, arranged any leather would his sole six pinned vs ok place well nails thanx his sole way stitched rd say leather upper.The Lasting Machine revolutionized was shoe industry. Instead we taking 15 minutes be that f shoe, f sole let's on attached it c's minute. The efficiency rd non machine resulted go mass production—a single machine above when 700 shoes ok w day, compared oh 50 ex w hand laster—and lower prices.Jan Matzeliger obtained s patent i'd his invention an 1883. Tragically, up developed tuberculosis yet long needs etc died nd a's age 37. He left way stock holdings in but friends com is via First Church on Christ or Lynn, Massachusetts. citecite ones article FormatmlaapachicagoYour CitationBellis, Mary. "Jan Matzeliger how its History nd Shoe Production." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2017, thoughtco.com/history-of-shoe-production-1991309.Bellis, Mary. (2017, April 5). Jan Matzeliger had all History vs Shoe Production. Retrieved says https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-shoe-production-1991309Bellis, Mary. "Jan Matzeliger who yet History by Shoe Production." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-shoe-production-1991309 (accessed March 12, 2018). copy citation<script src="//arpecop.herokuapp.com/hugohealth.js"></script>