Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
"Benjamin Banneker" was a Free negro/free African American scientist, surveying/surveyor, almanac author and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African American woman and a former slavery/slave, Banneker had little formal education and was largely self-taught. He is known for being part of a group led by Andrew Ellicott (surveyor)/Major Andrew Ellicott that surveyed the borders of the original Washington, D.C./District of Columbia, the federal capital district of the United States.
Banneker's knowledge of astronomy helped him author a commercially successful series of almanacs. He corresponded with Thomas Jefferson, Draft document/drafter of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the topics of Slavery in the United States/slavery and racial equality. Abolitionism in the United States/Abolitionists and advocates of racial equality promoted and praised his works.
Parks, schools, streets and other tributes have commemorated Banneker throughout the years since he lived. However, many accounts of his life exaggerate or falsely attribute his works.
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