Question

Benjamin Banneker was best known as _____.

Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A.
an early African American intellectual
B.
a martyr of the Revolutionary War
C.
an effective white abolitionist
D.
the author of the Northwest Ordinance

Answer 1

a early African American intellectual

Answer 2

that would be A my mans

Largely self-taught, Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science. His significant accomplishments include the successful prediction of a solar eclipse, publishing his own almanac, and the surveying of Washington, D.C. Banneker spent most of his life on his family's 100-acre farm outside Baltimore. There, he taught himself astronomy by watching the stars and learned advanced mathematics from borrowed textbooks.