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Benjamin Banneker is born in Baltimore County, Maryland to Robert, an ex-slave and Mary, the daughter of an Englishwoman and an African ex-slave.
Benjamin is one of a couple hundred free blacks among a population of nearly 4000 slaves and 13,000 whites.
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Benjamin Banneker uses mostly wood to construct a clock. The only two timepieces Banneker had seen were a pocket watch and a sundial. He bases his designs on his own drawings and calculations. The clock runs for 40 years until it is destroyed in a fire.
After the death of his father, Banneker lives with his mother and sisters and helps take care of the family farm.
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Banneker becomes close friends with George and Joseph Ellicott. The brothers encourage Banneker to learn astronomy and mathematics. They loan him books