Dear Benjamin Banneker
- List Price: $16.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
- Publish date: 12/01/1994
Description:
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.
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