In “Benjamin Banneker and Us,” Rachel Jamison Webster uncovers Black ancestors she never knew about, and with the help of far-flung relatives assembles her family’s story.

Rachel Jamison Webster’s family history, “Benjamin Banneker and Us,” is a thoughtful blend of research, conversation and imagination. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker's contributions to Black history are stories of resilience, activism, and ingenuity. Banneker was born on a farm in 1731 in Oella, Maryland.

Mr. Cerami talked about his book [Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot], published by John Wiley and Sons. The book is about the life of Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated ...

Rachel Jamison Webster learned she is related to Benjamin Banneker at a cousin's wedding. The news was unexpected, not only because of Banneker's place in history but also because the author is white.

A 43-year-old amateur historian in Ohio made a startling discovery while climbing through the limbs of his family tree. He found the long-lost sister of Benjamin Banneker, the Oella astronomer ...

Benjamin Banneker — who was born a free Black man in Baltimore County in 1731 ? is known mostly as an astronomer and mathematician, who also penned a letter to Thomas Jefferson about race ...

Maryland intellectual and free Black man Benjamin Banneker's observations about cicadas' 17-year life cycle were among the earliest known to be documented. But that work is rarely credited.

Benjamin Banneker (Nov. 9, 1731 — Oct. 19, 1806) Banneker, recalled as not only a scientist, but also an astronomer, mathematician, inventor, farmer and naturalist, showed great interest in ...

She named the company after Benjamin Banneker, a self-taught African-American engineer, naturalist, surveyor, astronomer and author of a string of successful almanacs in the late 1700s.