

Jeff Jones, Historian
- Jun 30, 2016
THE BRILLIANCE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER
The early days of the America’s history was a time of great advancement in both science and society. Historian Paul Johnson described the American Founders as “the greatest collection of minds in one place in the history of mankind”. Some of the brilliant individuals everyone is familiar with include names like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison. One such name that is not as well know is that of a man born in Baltimore County, Maryland