Dear Benjamin Banneker / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Material type: TextPublication details: San Diego, CA : Voyager Books , 1998, c1994.Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780152018924
- JUV 92 BAN
- QB143.B35 P56 1994
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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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