1. Benjamin Banneker
BY HELEN

2. Why I chose my title.
I was very interested on doing my project on Benjamin Banneker because he was the first African American to get acknowledged for his skills.

3. ASTRONOMER , SCIENTIST
BORN November 9th 1731 in Ellicott’s Mills , Maryland
DIED October 25th 1806 in Baltimore , Maryland

4. BANNEKER FAMILY Son of an ex-slave named Robert Banneker
Because both parents were free Benjamin was a free Man
Grandmother Molly Banneky was a white woman

5. WELL EDUCATED He was taught to read by his grandmother Molly
For a short time attended a small Quaker school

6. EARLY 20’s He constructed a wooden clock
He’s talent came to the Ellicott brothers
He taught himself Astronomy, accurately forecasted Lunar and Solar Eclipses

7. EARLY 20’s
He was loaned numerous books in mathematics by George Ellicott an Astronomer
1791 Banneker teamed up with an American Surveyor , to Map out a new National Capital

8. Was noted by Thomas Jefferson that African Americans were not intellectually inferior to European Americans

9. In 1980 a postal stamps was made in his honor
At age 74 Benjamin died memorial traces still exist in Ellicott City/Oella region of Maryland

10. Commissioned by President George Washington to mark boundaries to become the nations capital
1791 Largely known as a surveyor that worked on layout of what became Washington D.C

11. Came from Almanac that he published for 6 years from 1792- 1797

12. SOURCES HTTP://ENGLISHLLILMOUR.WIKISPACE.COM/BENJAMIN+BANNEKER
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13. WHAT I’VE LEARNED ABOUT BENJAMIN BANNEKER.
I’ve learned how Benjamin Banneker was the first African American to publish almanacs, a valuable tool in an agricultural economy.
I’ve also learned he marked boundaries to the nations capital, Washington D.C.
I learned Benjamin was the first high profile Black civil rights leader and model. leader.