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Was born in Baltimore County.
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For the first time in his life Benjamin Banneker saw a watch. This would later lead to him building a clock.
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He built a clock based on his studies of a watch that he saw two years prior.
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His almanc was sent to Thomas Jefferson to prove African Americans were just as capable as White people.
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Banneker writes a letter to Thomas Jefferson about slavery.
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Benjamin includes the letters he and Thomas Jefferson exchanged.
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Banneker dies in his log cabin.
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