Timeline
1690 - Molly was freed from her servitude.
1691 - Molly started a farm near Maryland.
1696 - Molly freed her slaves and married one of them named Banneky, an African Prince.
1730 - Mary (Benjamin's Mother) Married Robert, a freed slave.
1731 - November 9, 1731 Benjamin Banneker was born.
1753 - Benjamin made a wooden clock at age 22 .
1759 - July 10, Robert Banneker (Benjamin's Father) died.
1774 - Ellicotts moved to town and became Benjamin's friends.
They encouraged him to make an almanac and study astronomy.
1775 - Benjamin's mother Molly died.
1790 - Banneker started surveying for the federal city.
1791 - L'Enfant left surveying team and took his work with him. Banneker
managed to reconstruct it from his memory.
1791 - Goddard published Banneker's almanac of 1792.
1806 - October 9, Banneker went out for a walk in the morning and felt ill.
He rushed home to lay on his bed and died.
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