In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, D.
C., were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying.
What Are You Figuring Now? is the Story of a man who was never afraid to try something new, no matter how difficult..
Yet he was an accomplished farmer, mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor.
Banneker was a free black man who lived at a time when black Americans had few, if any, rights.
Thomas Jefferson recommended Benjamin Banneker for the job.
In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, D.
C., were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying