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Did you know? Benjamin Banneker wrote the first Almanac.
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Survey Map of Washington- Benjamin Banneker's mechanical and mathematical abilities impressed many, including Thomas Jefferson who encountered Banneker after George Elliot had recommended him for the surveying team that laid out Washington D.C.
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To keep track of time, many people in the 18th century used an almanac. Benjamin Banneker, a free African American farmer, used his knowledge of astronomy and mathematics to project the dates and times of celestial events in his almanac, from 1792.
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Did you know? Benjamin Banneker wrote the first Almanac.
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Africans in America/Part 2/Benjamin Banneker's Almanac
Benjamin Banneker 1795 African American author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner, at age 64. The unknown artist who created the portrait depicts Banneker in the Quaker garb he always wore, a simple dark jacket and white shirt -- although he was closely affiliated with Quakers, Banneker never became a member of the Religious Society of Friends. n the 1793 edition, Banneker included his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson