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How did Benjamin Banneker know Thomas Jefferson? Make sure to use direct quotes in your answer.

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Banneker's knowledge of astronomy helped him author a commercially successful series of almanacs. He corresponded with Thomas Jefferson on the topics of slavery and racial equality, Jefferson having earlier drafted the United States Declaration of Independence.

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