Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved the Stars Reviews
1989
1 hr 36 mins
Drama
NR
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In this made-for-television film, a self-taught black man becomes an astronomer, author and surveyor during the late 18th century. At a time when most people of his race were trapped in slavery, he was a free man, corresponding with Thomas Jefferson and helping fugitive slaves escape.