Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 45

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BENJAMIN BANNEKER.) James McHenry. "An Account of Benjamin Banneker, a Free Negro," in an issue of the American Museum or Universal Magazine. Pages [133]-196. 8vo, disbound; with contents leaf but without appendices, minor wear and foxing, uncut. [Philadelphia], September 1792
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This magazine issue contains on pages 185-187 a short biography of Banneker, which also appeared as an introduction to his 1792 almanac. "I consider this negro as fresh proof that the powers of the mind are disconnected with the colour of the skin. . . . In every civilized country we shall find thousands of whites, liberally educated, and who have enjoyed greater opportunities of instruction than this negro, his inferiors."

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