By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731 in Baltimore county, Province of Maryland, in British America. His mom, Mary Banneky was a free Black person, and his father Robert, was a freed slave from Guinea. Banneker would learn to read by studying the family’s bible, and he would begin to learn and become exceptional in … Continue reading BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: BENJAMIN BANNEKER