Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Maryland Colonization Journal, 1845, Vol. 2
The motive alluded to by Goddard and Angell in the extract just quoted, of doing justice to the intellect of the coloured race, was a prominent Object with Banneker himself; and the only occasions when he overstepped a modesty which was his peculiar characteristic, were when he could, by so doing, controvert the long established illiberal prejudice against the blacks. We find him, therefore, sending a copy of his first Almanac to Mr. Jefferson, then Secretary of State under General Washington, saying in the letter that accompanied it, although you may have the opportunity of perusing it after its publication, yet I chose to send it to you in manu script previous thereto, that you might not only have an earlier inspection, but that you might also view it in my own hand-writing.
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