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I consider this Negro [Benjamin Banneker] as fresh proof that the powers of the mind are disconnected with the colour of the skin or in other words, a striking contradiction to Mr. Hume's doctrine that "the Negroes are naturally inferior to the whites and unsusceptible of attainments in arts and sciences.
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I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell,
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Born:
November 16, 1753
Died:
May 3, 1816
(aged 62)
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James McHenry was an Irish-born American military surgeon and statesman. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland and the namesake of Fort McHenry.
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