Who hated Benjamin Banneker?

Answer 1

It is not clear that anyone "hated" him, but he certainly was the victim of a society that believed black people were inherently inferior. In 1791, Banneker was a technical assistant in the calculating and surveying of the Federal District, which is now known as Washington, D.C. The "Sable Astronomer" was often pointed to as proof that African Americans (then called "Negroes") were not intellectually inferior to European Americans. Thomas Jefferson himself noted this in a letter to Banneker.

Banneker died on Sunday, October 9, 1806 at the age of 74. A few small memorial traces still exist in the Ellicott City region of Maryland, where Banneker spent his entire life except for the Federal survey. It was not until the 1990s that the actual site of Banneker's home, which burned on the day of his burial, was determined.

In 1980, the U.S. Postal Service issued a postage stamp in his honor.