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Benjamin Banneker
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was a phenomenal African-American mathematician, astronomer, and inventor. He was born near Baltimore, Md., on November 9, 1731. He was the son of a slave and a free black woman. He grew up as a free black, and while attending school he demonstrated early mathematical ability. His childhood cu ....
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.... use and learn from his almanac. However, he wondered what good his almanac would be to black people who were enslaved and could not read. He decided to write a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, because Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, a document that stated, “all men are created equal” even though he himself owned slaves. Banneker believed that wasn’t right. So, Mr. Bannekar sent a letter in which he expressed his strong feelings against slave.... |
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