Bibliograph

Dear Benjamin Banneker, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Type

Label

Dear Benjamin Banneker, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

AD, 1100, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dear Benjamin Banneker

Oclc number

16285228677354

Responsibility statement

Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 6.4, 0.5, 12698.

Summary

Benjamin Banneker was an 18th-centrury astronomer and mathematician. 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification