Today’s featured entry from the Vatican Observatory Faith and Science pages:
“To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Banneker, 19 August 1791” (CLICK HERE for it)
In 1791 Benjamin Banneker, a self-taught American astronomer, sent a copy of his astronomical almanac (that he published throughout the 1790’s) to Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State for the United States. Much of the letter, however, addresses the issue of slavery and its conflict with belief in God as creator of all. Links to a copy of the almanac are included.
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