Name: dear benjamin banneker
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Author: andrea davis pinkney
ISBN: 9780152018924

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houghton mifflin harcourt

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andrea davis pinkney

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0152018921

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9780152018924

Synopsis "dear benjamin banneker"

Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks were still enslaved. A self-taught mathematician and astronomer, he was the author of the first published almanac written by a black man. Throughout his life Bannecker was troubled that all blacks were not free. So, in 1791, he sent a letter to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Here is the extraordinary correspondence between the two men. Full-color illustrations.