Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
Benjamin Banneker and us : eleven generations of an American family
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
Benjamin Banneker and us : eleven generations of an American family
Do you wish to request the book?
Benjamin Banneker and us : eleven generations of an American family
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
BOOK
Benjamin Banneker and us : eleven generations of an American family
2023
Available to read in the library!
Overview
\"A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture, and time, putting the past into urgent conversation with the present. In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician, a writer of almanacs, and one of the greatest astronomers of his generation. Banneker then wrote what would become a famous letter to Jefferson, imploring the new president to examine his hypocrisy, as someone who claimed to love liberty yet was an enslaver. More than two centuries later, Rachel Jamison Webster, an ostensibly white woman, learns that this groundbreaking Black forefather is also her distant relative. Acting as a storyteller, Webster draws on oral history and conversations with her DNA cousins to imagine the lives of their shared ancestors across eleven generations, among them Banneker's grandparents, an interracial couple who broke the law to marry when America was still a conglomerate of colonies under British rule. These stories shed light on the legal construction of race and display the brilliance and resistance of early African Americans in the face of increasingly unjust laws, some of which are still in effect in the present day.\"-- description from publisher's website. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250827302/benjaminbannekerandus
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Subject
/ Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 Family.
/ Bana'ka, approximately 1670- Family.
/ Webster, Rachel Jamison, 1974- Family.
/ Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806
/ African Americans Genealogy.
/ Multiracial families United States.
/ Noirs américains Généalogies.
/ Familles métissées États-Unis.
/ BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black.
/ HISTORY - African American & Black.
/ BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Personal Memoirs.
/ Families
ISBN
9781250827302, 1250827302, 9781250871800, 1250871808
Item info:
1
item available
1
item total in all locations
| Call Number | Copies | Material | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS71.B22694 W43 2023 | 1 | BOOK | AUTOSTORE |
