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PROBABLY THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF BANNEKER (BANNEKER, BENJAMIN.) A Brief Sketch of the Life of Banneker, the African Astronomer and Mathematician [in]

PROBABLY THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF BANNEKER (BANNEKER, BENJAMIN.) A Brief Sketch of the Life of Banneker, the African Astronomer and Mathematician [in] The Farmers & Mechanics' Almanac, for the Year 1817. Banneker section comprising 3 pages. 8vo, original wrappers. Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, [1816]

  • Notes: Quite possibly the first biography of Benjamin Banneker, appearing on the tenth anniversary of his death. The first "official" biography of Banneker was written by John La Trobe and was published in 1845.

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