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Dear Benjamin Banneker / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney

By:

Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Contributor(s):

Pinkney, Brian, ill

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Diego, CA : Voyager Books , 1998, c1994.Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:

9780152018924

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

JUV 92 BAN

LOC classification:

QB143.B35 P56 1994

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Juvenil	Juvenil	JUV 92 BAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		034492

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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.

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