Hammon Jupiter

Title

Hammon Jupiter

Relation

PAL (http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap2/hammon.html)

Coverage

America

Birth Date

1711

First Name

Jupiter

Last Name

Hammon

Bibliography

Wikipedia and misc. online sources; Basker, 137-45

Biographical Text

First African-American to be published

Occupation

Slave

Death Date

1806?

Publications

An Evening Thought. Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries: Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro belonging to Mr. Lloyd of Queen's Village, on Long Island, the 25th of December, 1760 (broadside, 1761); An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley (broadside, 1778); A Winter Piece [prose] (1782); An Evening’s Improvement [prose and poetry] (1783); An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York [important prose work] (1787)
Date Added
September 21, 2012
Collection
Labour Class Poets
Item Type
Person
Tags
Citation
“Hammon Jupiter,” Amanda's Test Omeka site, accessed May 16, 2024, https://amandafrench.omeka.net/items/show/247.