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This is the first 1,000 characters of 402 words (1.61 pages) in the essay titled Benjamin Banneker Without Benjamin Banneker, our nation s capital would not exist as we know it. After a year of work, the Frenchman hired by George Washington to design the capital, L Enfant, stormed off the job, taking all the plans. Banneker, placed on the planning committee at Thomas Jefferson s request, saved the project by reproducing from memory, in two days, a complete layout of the streets, parks, and major buildings. Thus Washington, D.C. itself can be considered a monument to the genius of this great man.Banneker s English grandmother immigrated to the Baltimore area and married one of her slaves, named Bannaky. Later, their daughter did likewise, and gave birth to Benjamin in 1731. Since by law, free/slave status depended on the mother, Banneker, like his mother, was---technically---free. Banneker attended an elementary school run by Quakers (one of the few color-blind communities of that time); in fact, he later adopted many Quaker habits and ideas. As a young man, he was given a pocket-watch by a business associate: this inspired Banneker to create his own clock, made entirely of wood (1753). Famous as the first clock built in the New World, it kept perfect time for forty years. During the Revolutionary War, wheat grown on a farm designed by Banneker helped save the fledgling U.S. troops from starving. After the War, Banneker took up astronomy: in 1789, he successfully predicted an eclipse. From 1792 to 1802, Banneker published an annual Farmer s Almanac, for which he di... |
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Keywords: benjamin banneker, all men are created equal, enthusiastic, likewise, almanac, quakers, thomas jefferson, slaves, clock, english grandmother, business associate, planning committee, slave status, free slave, baltimore area, color blind, political reform, veneration, revolutionary war, pocket watch