One of the uncommon Americans of the eighteenth century is a man so neglected today that the Dictionary of American Biography, which lists the great and the not-so-great of the past, does not bother ...
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. By Jess Row When you ...
In 2016, Rachel Jamison Webster learned from a cousin that her family is related to Benjamin Banneker, a Black man born free in Maryland in 1731 who gained prominence as a clockmaker, almanac writer, ...
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