Born November 9, 1731, Benjamin Banneker was an accomplished mathematician, scholar, and astronomer. But for his meticulous memory and surveying work, Washington, D.C. would not be what it is today. In being a part of the surveying team for the project, Banneker, a free Black man in a nation that was still practicing slavery, used...
The post Read the bold letter DC designer Benjamin Banneker wrote to Thomas Jefferson condemning slavery appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
