BU-Anneker, indodana kaRobert noMary BANNAKY, wazalwa ngonyaka we-1731, eduze nomfula iPatapsco River okuqhele ngamakhilomitha ayi-16 ukusuka eBaltimore. Umama kaBANNEKER wayenguMulatto okhululekile; Uyise, umAfrika okwakumele athenge inkululeko yakhe ukuze aphume ebugqilini bakhe. Umkhulu kaBANNEKER wayeyaziwa ngokuthi yiBanaka; Khona-ke, ngaphansi kweBannaky. Igama likagogo wakhe kwakunguMolly Walsh. Uqale waba yinceku eNgilandi, wabe esethunyelwa eMaryland, eboshwe yinkontileka yokufundela umsebenzi njengenceku.
Ngemuva kokuqeda iminyaka eyisikhombisa yobugqila, uMolly Walsh wathenga ipulazi nezigqila ezi-7 ezamsiza walisebenzisa. Ukhulule izigqila zakhe ezimbili, washada nesinye sazo: uBannaky.
Babenabantwana abaningana kuhlanganise nendodakazi, uMary. Lapho uMary ekhula, wathenga isigqila okwakuthiwa nguRobert, kamuva asishada; Babenabantwana abaningana kuhlanganise noBenjamini.