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Matthew Alexander Henson
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Henson sitting on sledge used in Robert E. Peary's expedition to the North Pole, 1909 North Pole: expedition Five members of Robert Peary's 1909 North Pole expedition stand on snow, raising their arms, with a mound of ice and a U.S. flag behind them.
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Matthew Alexander Henson: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 05, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 04, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Black History Now - Matthew Alexander Henson. Jun 14, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Henson and Peary. Feb 20, 2017
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Matthew Henson. Jul 28, 2015
Add new Web site: Bowdoin - Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum - Biography of Matthew Henson. Jun 24, 2015
Add new Web site: BlackHistoryNow - Biography of Matthew Alexander Henson. Jun 24, 2015
Add new Web site: The Mariners� Museum - Biography of Matthew Henson. Jun 24, 2015
Add new Web site: Great Black Heroes - Biography of Matthew Henson. Jun 24, 2015
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Matthew Henson. Jun 24, 2015
Added 1887 as the year of Matthew Henson's date of hire with Robert E. Peary. Feb 25, 2015
Added image of Matthew Henson and cohorts on 1909 North Pole expedition. Feb 10, 2011
Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Biography of Matthew Henson. Apr 29, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Matthew Alexander Henson. Apr 08, 2009
Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Biography of Robert Peary and Matthew Henson. Mar 18, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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