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Special Episode: Benjamin Banneker's Letter to Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Banneker's Letter to Thomas Jefferson | Read in Full
In August 1791, a 59-year-old free Black mathematician and astronomer named Benjamin Banneker sat down and wrote one of the most precise and courageous documents in American history.
He addressed it to Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of State, author of the Declaration of Independence, and enslaver of hundreds. Then he quoted Jefferson's own words back to him and asked one simple, devastating question: how do you claim liberty for yourself and deny it to my people?
This episode plays Banneker's letter in its entirety, uncut and…
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