Author: Charles A. Cerami
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470303611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The first biography of a major figure in early US and African American history A household name and unparalleled hero revered in every African American household, Benjamin Banneker was a completely self-taught mathematical genius who achieved professional status in astronomy, navigation, and engineering. His acknowledged expertise and superior surveying skills led to his role as coworker with the Founding Fathers in planning our nation’s capitol, Washington, DC. His annual Banneker’s Almanac was the first written by a black and outsold the major competition. In addition, he was a vocal force in the fight for the abolition of slavery. Yet, despite his accomplishments, there has been no biography of this important man—until now. Written by an author with strong ties across the Washington-Maryland-Virginia area where abolitionist societies revered Banneker, this long overdue biography at last gives the hard-earned attention this prominent hero and his accomplishments deserve.
Benjamin Banneker
Author: Charles A. Cerami
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470303611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The first biography of a major figure in early US and African American history A household name and unparalleled hero revered in every African American household, Benjamin Banneker was a completely self-taught mathematical genius who achieved professional status in astronomy, navigation, and engineering. His acknowledged expertise and superior surveying skills led to his role as coworker with the Founding Fathers in planning our nation’s capitol, Washington, DC. His annual Banneker’s Almanac was the first written by a black and outsold the major competition. In addition, he was a vocal force in the fight for the abolition of slavery. Yet, despite his accomplishments, there has been no biography of this important man—until now. Written by an author with strong ties across the Washington-Maryland-Virginia area where abolitionist societies revered Banneker, this long overdue biography at last gives the hard-earned attention this prominent hero and his accomplishments deserve.
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470303611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The first biography of a major figure in early US and African American history A household name and unparalleled hero revered in every African American household, Benjamin Banneker was a completely self-taught mathematical genius who achieved professional status in astronomy, navigation, and engineering. His acknowledged expertise and superior surveying skills led to his role as coworker with the Founding Fathers in planning our nation’s capitol, Washington, DC. His annual Banneker’s Almanac was the first written by a black and outsold the major competition. In addition, he was a vocal force in the fight for the abolition of slavery. Yet, despite his accomplishments, there has been no biography of this important man—until now. Written by an author with strong ties across the Washington-Maryland-Virginia area where abolitionist societies revered Banneker, this long overdue biography at last gives the hard-earned attention this prominent hero and his accomplishments deserve.
The Life of Benjamin Banneker
Author: Silvio A. Bedini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The biography of the great black American scientist and abolitionist who wrote an almanac and helped survey Washington.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The biography of the great black American scientist and abolitionist who wrote an almanac and helped survey Washington.
Benjamin Banneker
Author: Myra Weatherly
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756518059
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Biography of the African-American man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and published several popular almanacs.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756518059
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Biography of the African-American man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and published several popular almanacs.
A Compleat System of Astronomy ...
Author: Charles Leadbetter
Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A Brief Account of the Settlement of Ellicott's Mills
Author: Martha Ellicott Tyson
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Category : Ellicott City (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Category : Ellicott City (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware. Second Edition
Author: Paul Heinegg
Publisher: Clearfield
ISBN: 9780806359281
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
In this second edition, Mr. Heinegg has assembled genealogical evidence on 390 Maryland and Delaware Black families (90 more than in the first edition) with copious documentation from the federal censuses of 1790 and 1810 and colonial sources consulted at the Maryland Hall of Records, county archives, and other repositories in Maryland and in Delaware.
Publisher: Clearfield
ISBN: 9780806359281
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
In this second edition, Mr. Heinegg has assembled genealogical evidence on 390 Maryland and Delaware Black families (90 more than in the first edition) with copious documentation from the federal censuses of 1790 and 1810 and colonial sources consulted at the Maryland Hall of Records, county archives, and other repositories in Maryland and in Delaware.
Boundary Markers of the Nation's Capital
Author: United States. National Capital Planning Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Milestones
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Milestones
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Baltimore: Past and Present
Author:
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Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Two Hundred Years of American Clocks & Watches
Author: Chris H. Bailey
Publisher:
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : ru
Pages : 264
Book Description
Traces the art of clockmaking from the era of handcrafting to present-day automation.
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : ru
Pages : 264
Book Description
Traces the art of clockmaking from the era of handcrafting to present-day automation.
On Nothing and Kindred Subjects
Author: Hilaire Belloc
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description