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Statutory Prohibition against the Education of Negroes.-Benjamin Banneker, the Negro Astronomer and Philosopher.-His Antecedents-Young Banneker as a Farmer and Inventor-The Mills of Ellicott & Co.-Banneker cultivates his Mechanical Genius and Mathematical Tastes.-Banneker's first Calculation of an Eclipse submitted for Inspection in 1789.-His Lette