Dear Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker used the power of his quill pen to challenge Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson on the issue of slavery. Banneker was articulate, persuasive, commanding. These are the qualities we sought to instill in the book’s narrative and artwork.

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Dear Benjamin Banneker. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1996.

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Dear Benjamin Banneker