Dear Benjamin Banneker
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0152004173
ISBN 13
9780152004170
Category
USA Then and Now
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Publication Year
1994
Publisher
Pages
32
Description
Throughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker attacked the institution of slavery and dared to call Jefferson a hypocrite for owning slaves. Jefferson responded. This is the story of Benjamin Banneker--his science, his politics, his morals, and his extraordinary correspondence with Thomas Jefferson. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
