Jupiter Hammon, First African-American Writer, Poem Discovered By Student
Firsthand accounts of American slavery are certainly a limited treasure. Any opportunity to read a description of what being subjected to the institution was like is not only hard to come by, but also a gem of African American history.
That's why a University of Texas at Arlington student was so delighted, when she discovered one of the earliest poems by Jupiter Hammon, the country's first published black writer. Read full length article here... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02...
Firsthand accounts of American slavery are certainly a limited treasure. Any opportunity to read a description of what being subjected to the institution was like is not only hard to come by, but also a gem of African American history.
That's why a University of Texas at Arlington student was so delighted, when she discovered one of the earliest poems by Jupiter Hammon, the country's first published black writer. Read full length article here... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02...