Nationwide, wedding guests seem split on the issue. According to American Express, 35 percent of guests will buy a gift off the registry and 32 percent will give cash. (The remainder will give a mix of gift cards and other items.) But if you ask the bride and groom what theyâd prefer, 52 percent say they prefer cash.
Nationality: United States. Executive summary: The Genius of Universal Emancipation. The American philanthropist Benjamin Lundy, prominent in the anti-slavery conflict, was born of Quaker parentage, at Hardwick, Warren county, New Jersey, on the 4th of January 1789.
Benjamin Banneker was an astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac maker and a vocal critic of slavery. His stand against racial discrimination is well documented but some of the other Benjamin Banneker major accomplishments are disputed. There are many who accept the accomplishments at their face value but there are others who cite the lack of evidence to infer that some accomplishments are hearsay. 1. Benjamin Banneker Made The First American Wooden Clock. There are many who credit Banneker for having created the first wooden clock. That is of course a wrong inference.