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He is trying to persuade Jefferson to free slaves and include everyone regardless of their race.

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He himself is a son of former slaves, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to learn and discover all the things the world could offer if his parents hadn't token the risk and fled to see refuge.

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He is trying to persuade Jefferson to get rid of slavery and to make sure that African Americans and all people of color are treated equally.

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He's trying to persuade Jefferson to help abolish slavery.

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Being the son of former slaves and an African American himself, he couldn't stand for the mistreatment of his own people and he wants everyone to be treated equally regarless of what they look like.

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Banneker is trying to persuade Jefferson to try to stop slavery

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Because slavery goes against America's founding principles.

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He thinks he should end it because of its hypocritical stance against american values of freedom

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wants to persuade him that he should end slavery

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He wants to address the slaves that are being mistreated and the racial discrimination, and how he wants Thomas to understand.

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some of the slaves didnt have the same oppertunities that others had when it came to learning so he wants to give them a chance to have something like that

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Banneker is trying to argue against slavery and to encourage him to think about ending it.

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Maybe sympathy because of how racial. discriminated they are being treated.

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He is arguing against slavery and Jefferson.

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Based on his background, he might have felt influenced to spread his ideas and thoughts on slavery

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Because it is wrong >:(

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He is trying to convince/persuade Thomas Jefferson to end slavery and free them

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He is trying to convince/persuade Thomas Jefferson to end slavery and free them

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He wanted to persuade him to follow on his belief that "all men are equal" therefore he should end slavery.

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he is trying to get him to stop slavery

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He wanted to persuade him to follow on his belief that "all men are equal" therefore he should end slavery.

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because he is a son of slaves

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He wants to convince Jefferson to abolish slavery and that all men are treated equally.

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He was the son of former slaves

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He was trying to persuade the secretary of state Thomas Jefferson to consider ending slavery.

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He wanted Thomas Jefferson to think that slavery was not a right thing since it affected the people especially black Americans, and that it was causing the people to separate.

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He was trying to persuade Jefferson into abolishing slavery.

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Banneker thought that Jefferson should abolish slavery because slaves in the south longed for the same type of freedom that America had just gotten from Britain, they both wanted freedom yet America was denying them the one thing they fought so much for.

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He is trying to persuade Jefferson into thinking that everyone should have the right to be treated equally.

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He wants Jefferson to acknowledge what his parents had to go thru before they were free.

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to stop slavery and racial discrimination in our country, especially when it is stated on the declaration that it is non existent in our country by the words, "all men are created equal".

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He has a personal drive being an African and having parents who were once slaves. But also because it is time, once that sentence was made official than something had to change to have america be able to represent that line correctly, And Banneker knew that.

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Banneker is trying to persuade Jefferson to support the movement of abolishing slavery and to help those get their head wrapped around that idea

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because bennaker himself was a black person, and i was a good thing he wasn't born a slave, he must've figure that someone like jefferson would help since he was such an important figure at the time.

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Because Benjamin himself is a Black man and he wants to see his own kind be free.

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Because Benjamin himself is a Black man and he wants to see his own kind be free.

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Banneker is trying to persuade Jefferson to understand why African Americans do not have the same rights as any white person because they were never born with them just like them. Jefferson tries to say we all have equal rights when really that´s not the case.

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Banneker is trying to persuade Jefferson to understand why African Americans do not have the same rights as any white person because they were never born with them just like them. Jefferson tries to say we all have equal rights when really that´s not the case.

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he is trying to persuade jefreson to remove slavery

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Jefferson should feel empathy and connect with the slaves based on America's oppression from Britain

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He's trying to get Thomas Jefferson to get rid of slavery

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Banneker was trying to persuade to Jefferson that abolishing slavery was the right thing to do and by doing so it would fulfill the the ideas of the Declaration of Independence.

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He is trying to persuade him to help him with abolishing slavery movement.

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He is trying to persuade him to help him with abolishing slavery movement.

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he is trying to get jefferson to feel empathy for the slaves and former slaves.

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Banneker is trying to persuade Thomas to act on the slavery that is happening and over to abolish slavery.

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He is trying to persuade Thomas Jefferson to abolish slavery and understand his hypocrisy.

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He is trying to persuade Thomas Jefferson to abolish slavery and understand his hypocrisy.

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He wants him to feel bad for slaves and help them out by giving them all freedom. That it is time for a change.

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He would want him to feel sympathy and to see how unfair it is for the slaves.

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He is fighting for african americans freedom and equality by trying to persuade thomas jefferson

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Banneker is trying to persuade Thomas Jefferson to include the abolishment of slavery and the freedom of all African Americans into the writing if the new constitution.

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He himself has a connection to slavery and understands it's morally wrong.

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He himself has a connection to slavery and understands it's morally wrong.

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Banneker wants Jefferson to sympathize, and use his infflunce to advocate for the abolishment of slavery.

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Banneker wants Jefferson to sympathize, and use his infflunce to advocate for the abolishment of slavery.

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Bannecker wants Jefferson to free all the slaves of every race

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Bannecker wants Jefferson to free all the slaves of every race