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Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731, in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
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Born on November 9, 1731, in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, Benjamin was the son of an ex-slave Robert Banneky and his wife, Mary Banneky. Because both his parents were free, Benjamin was saved from slavery. he was taught to read by his maternal grandmohter and attended a Quaker school for a very short time period. He was primarily self-educated.
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On November 9, 1731, Benjamin Banneker predicted the solar eclipse of 1731 as a self - taught astronomer.
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Banneker was an extremely self-taught astronomer, mathematician, compiler of almanacs, and writer. He was born a free Black man and also owned a farm near Baltimore.
