Benjamin Banneker
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BENJAMIN BANNeker
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YOUNG BENJAMIN BANNEKER
- Benjamin was born on November 9th 1731
- Benjamin was born a free man.
- His mother and father were Mary and Robert
BENJAMIN'S EDUCATION
- Benjamin was mostly self-taught
- He learned to read and write from his grandmother
- At an early age showed interest in mathematics and mechanics
- Briefly attended a school taught by Quakers
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SOME HISTORY OF HIS FAMILY
- Molly was a dairy milker
- She married her own slave
- Benjamin's mother also married a slave
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SOME MORE HISTORY
- Benjamin's grandfathers name was originally Banneky
- The reason Mary was free was because her mother was free
- Benjamin's father was freed before he married Mary
- He never married.
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BENJAMIN'S INVENTIONS
- He invented the first American watch
- Published almanac's for six years.
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BENJAMIN'S WATCH
- Carved his watch out of wood
- Used his neighbors pocket watch to draw the gears
- Created first American clock
THE ELLICOT BROTHERS
- Benjamin was friends with George and Joseph Ellicot
- They introduced him to astronomy.
- He then predicted a solar eclipse which was accurate
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BENJAMIN'S LATER LIFE
- After his father died he took care of his family with his mother
- After his mother died he inherited the tobacco farm
- In his later life he started to learn to farm
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BENJAMINS ACHIVEMENTS
- He has two school's named after him
- The Benjamin Banneker academic high school
- And the Benjamin Banneker charter school
- One of his greatest achievements was his clock
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BENJAMIN'S DEATH
- October 9th 1806
- He died in his family's farm house.
- On the day of his funeral his farm house was burned to the ground
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