Banneker Revision Essay
Begin essay here. In 1791, Benjamin Banneker, a farmer, astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, author, and son of former slaves wrote to the secretary of state to George Washington and framer of the declaration of independence, Thomas Jefferson. In the letter, Banneker uses forms of ethos to appeal to Jefferson on the immorality of slavery. As the framer of the declaration, Jefferson has had a first hand look at the injustices that the British were holding the American’s to. Banneker uses this as a way to appeal to the reader by showing signs of hypocrisy. In the declaration of independence it states that all men are created equal; and to contradict Jefferson, Banneker states, “we hold these truths to be self evident,