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Dear Benjamin Banneker
Dear Benjamin Banneker
Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
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 Banne...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780152004170
ISBN-10: 0152004173
Publication Date: 10/31/1994
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Gulliver Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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