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Matthew Henson started as valet to explorer Robert Edwin Peary, and ended up as one of the first men to reach the North Pole with Peary in 1909.


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African American Matthew Henson was born August 8, 1866 in Maryland. He was hired as valet to explorer Robert Edwin Peary, and soon impressed his employer with his abilities. Henson accompanied Peary on his expeditions to Nicaragua and the Arctic. In 1909

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