Dear Benjamin Banneker

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 09/01/1998
ISBN: 9780152018924
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 10.97h x 8.07w x 0.11d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/24/1998

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 12698 / Dear Benjamin Banneker
Reading Level: 6.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 0.5