Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9th, 1731 in Baltimore, Maryland. His father and mother were slaves that earned their freedom . He also had three younger sisters who loved to play with him even when he is busy. Benjamin was mostly self taught because he worked on a farm to help his dad with chores. Although he was self taught, he did go to a school once in awhile to acel his learning. At the age of twenty he built a working clock to help keep time around the farm. Benjamin eventually inherited the farm from his grandparents and he grew tobacco and sold it to make money. He was not only a farmer but an astronomer. One of the things he did in astronomy is calculated when the solar and lunar eclipses would appear in