Banneker asked Jefferson to abandon false ideas about Black people

Evidence

I apprehend you will readily embrace every opportunity to eradicate that train of absurd and false ideas and opinions which so generally prevails with respect to us I cannot imagine desiring a bullet & settling for a pen. This is America. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 436

Categorization

• QUESTION: The juxtaposition ‘desiring a bullet & settling for a pen’ invites chasing the actual reception of Banneker’s letter by Jefferson — did Jefferson ever respond?