Dear Benjamin Banneker
Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
Dear Benjamin Banneker / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney - San Diego, CA : Voyager Books , 1998, c1994. - [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
"Voyager books."
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.
9780152018924
93031162
Banneker, Benjamin , 1731-1806 ----Juvenile literature.
Almanacs, American----History----Juvenile literature.
African american scientists----Biography----Juvenile literature.
Astronomers.
QB143.B35 / P56 1994
JUV 92 BAN
Dear Benjamin Banneker / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney - San Diego, CA : Voyager Books , 1998, c1994. - [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
"Voyager books."
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.
9780152018924
93031162
Banneker, Benjamin , 1731-1806 ----Juvenile literature.
Almanacs, American----History----Juvenile literature.
African american scientists----Biography----Juvenile literature.
Astronomers.
QB143.B35 / P56 1994
JUV 92 BAN
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