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  • Dear Benjamin Banneker

    Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1998)
    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. Illustrated in full-page scratchboard and oil paintings by Caldecott Honor artist Brian Pinkney.
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  • Dear Benjamin Banneker

    Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney

    eBook (HMH Books for Young Readers, Feb. 3, 2015)
    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. Illustrated in full-page scratchboard and oil paintings by Caldecott Honor artist Brian Pinkney.
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  • Dear Benjamin Banneker

    Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney

    Hardcover (Gulliver Books, Oct. 31, 1994)
    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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  • Dear Benjamin Banneker

    Andrea D. Pinkney, Brian Pinkney

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 1, 1998)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Describes the life of America's first black scientist, Benjamin Banneker, who published his own almanac, helped survey the site for the nation's capital, and spoke out against slavery.
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  • Dear Benjamin Banneker

    Brian Pinkney

    Paperback (Harcourt, Jan. 1, 1994)
    Dear Benjamin Banneker
  • Dear Benjamin Banneker

    Andrea Davis Pinkney

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1998)
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  • Dear Benjamin Banneker

    Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney

    Paperback (Sandpiper, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks in this country were still enslaved. But it troubled him that not all blacks were free. An accomplished astronomer and mathematician, he decided to take a stand against slavery by writing to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. This is the story of their extraordinary correspondence.
  • Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney

    Andrea Davis Pinkney

    Hardcover (Gulliver Books, Jan. 1, 1727)
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