Remember Me
OR

 
Dear Benjamin Banneker
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AGE
Children's - 1st-4th Grade, Age 6-9 
READABILITY
5.7 
PAGES
32 p. ; 
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PUBLISHER
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Quality Paper
ISBN 9780152018924
Publisher Summary
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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