1700-1799 Black History Electronic Flip Book

1. 1700-1799 Black History Electronic Flip Book Property of: Charlie Cappucci, Claire Marie Kuhn, Rena Kobelak, Katrina Paxton

2. Throughout history, African-Americans have played a immense role in the becoming of our nation, even at the beginning and in the earliest times of the colonies. During the 1700s, three events changed not only the history of our nation, but the history of the blacks. These three events are: • Benjamin Banneker and his life story. • The Stono Rebellion. • Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation of 1776 and the Revolutionary War. • And lastly, but not least, • Phillis Wheatley and her life story.

4. Asdfasdfasdfd fdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdffdfdfdgdgdgdgdgdgdgdgdgdgdgdgdgdgfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdf • Claire’s Entry: Benjamin Banneker • Benjamin was the first African • American to gain international • recognition as a scientist. • Molly Walsh, his grandmother, was hired to milk a rich man’s cows. A cow kicked over a bucket of milk, but Molly was accused of stealing it. • Unable to prove her innocence, she was found guilty and fined. She couldn’t pay the fine, so she went to America as an indentured servant. • Molly earned her freedom soon after she came to America.

5. Claire’s Entry: Benjamin Banneker • Molly was 22 years old and very • industrious. She earned enough money • to buy a 150 acre farm in Maryland and two slaves. • Molly freed both men who became her friends. One left the area, and the other stayed. His name was Bannaky. Working side by side, they fell in love, and got married. • They formed their last name from his first, Banneker. • They didn’t care about the forbidden marriage between blacks and wh

6. Claire’s Entry: Benjamin Banneker • Their daughter Mary accepted a proposal from Robert, a black slave when she was 16. • He also borrowed Banneker’s last name. Benjamin was born in a small cabin on November 9, 1731. • This is where the story begins!! • He grew up on a farm in a family with three loving sisters. • Ben showed an early interest in math and learning. • As a boy he learned from his grandmother, Molly, with the bible as his lesson book.

7. Claire’s Entry: Benjamin Banneker • When he was a teenager, Banneker began attending an integrated Quaker school for boys, but because most of its students had to help out on their families' farms, it met only in the winter. He made it through the eighth grade, but Banneker did most of his learning independently.

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