- Benjamin Banneker : His Life and Place

Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery, 1997. Softcover. Gray stapled wraps with blue text and illustration. 24 pp. Some bw illustrations. "This exhibition focuses on Benjamin Banneker, a free Negro, who was born in 1731 and raised on a tobacco farm close to present-day Ellicott City, MD. (A free Negro, is a man or woman who holds a document freeing them from slavery written by their former slaveholder.) At the age of 57, he taught himself astronomy, using only the borrowed books and instruments of a friend and neighbor. The accuracy of his calculations of the rising and setting of the sun and moon and position of the stars, eventually led to the publication of his work in a series of almanacs. Benjamin Banneker's contribution was even more remarkable for it occurred at a time when the accomplishments of few African-Americans were recognized. VG .

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