Benjamin Banneker: Brilliant Surveyor, Mathematician, and Astronomer

Benjamin Banneker: Brilliant Surveyor, Mathematician, and Astronomer — page 3 — Slaves who were often forced to work on plantations r e c e i v e d n o p a y f o r t h e i r l a b o r farm On November 9 1731 they welcomed their first child a son they named Benjamin Benjamin would grow up to become a prominent mathematician and astronomer Later in life he would use his position as a great thinker to challenge racism and slavery 6

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