Jupiter Hammon

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Jupiter Hammon


Born
in Long Island, New York, The United States
October 17, 1711

Died
January 01, 1806

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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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American Antislavery Writin...

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An Address to the Negroes i...

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America's first Negro poet;...

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The Collected Poems and Pro...

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An evening thought. Salvation

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