First African-American To Make a Clock In the American Colonies-Benjamin Banneker-

Benjamin

Attended a Quaker school only African-American, interested in Mathematics and mechanics, clocks, and astronomy
Lover of ... the stars, planets and creator of 1st Almanac
Who feels ... pangs and pains from his chronic alcoholism
Who would like to see ... he design the lay out for the Capitol Building
 and White House published first to publish Almanac
 Resident of ...Baltimore Maryland 

Banneker

6/15/2022
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 7:23 PM
Thanks for writing this! Sadly I did not know of his alcoholism.
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