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Jupiter Hammon

Born

in Long Island, New York, The United States

October 17, 1711

Died

January 01, 1806

Genre

Poetry

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Jupiter Hammon was born October 17, 1711, a slave of Henry Lloyd of Lloyd’s Manor (Queens Village), Long Island, New York. His 88-line poem “An Evening’s Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries,” was published at Hartford, Connecticut, and dated “December 25, 1760,” making it the first poem published by an American of African descent. He published a total of nine pieces of verse and prose, all of a pietistic Christian nature. After the death of Henry Lloyd in 1763, he became the property of John Lloyd, Jr., and accompanied him to Stamford and Hartford, Connecticut, during the Revolutionary War to escape the British occupation of Long Island. His “An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly” was issued in Hartford, dated August 4, 1778. ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 64 ratings · 10 reviews · 9 distinct works

	American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation by James G. Basker (Editor), Gerret Hendricks (Contributor), George Keith (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Address to the Negroes in the State of New-York. 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1787 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's first Negro poet;: The complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island (Empire State historical publications series) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	PHILLIS WHEATLEY: Complete Poetical Works by Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An evening thought. Salvation really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discurso aos negros no estado de Nova Iorque 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's First Negro Poet: The Complete Works of Jupiter Hammon 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delphi Complete Works of Jupiter Hammon by Jupiter Hammon, Delphi Classics (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars