Jupiter Hammon
1711 - 1806
General Information
Bio
(1711-c.1806) Writer. Jupiter Hammon was the first black writer to be published in America. He was a slave of the Lloyd family of Oyster Bay, New York. His work was loaded with Biblical allusions to slavery, and is considered some of the first anti-slavery poetry written by an American slave. Jupiter Hammon’s residence, Lloyd Manor, is currently a historic house museum, which gives tours from June until September.
Full Name
Jupiter Hammon
Locations
Nassau
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Hammon was a slave of the Lloyd family of Oyster Bay, New York, and of Suffolk County, New York.
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OTHER
Hammon was a slave of the Lloyd family of Oyster Bay, New York and of Suffolk County, New York.
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LITWORK
An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly [sic], Ethiopian Poetess
Poem.
Poem.
Unknown
LITWORK
A Poem for Children with Thoughts of Death
Poem.
Poem.
Unknown
LITWORK
A Dialogue Entitled the Kind Master and the Dutiful Servant
Poem.
Poem.
Unknown
LITWORK
A Winter Piece: Being a Serious Exhortation, with a Call to the Unconverted
Sermon essay.
Sermon essay.
Unknown
LITWORK
A Short Contemplation on the Death of Jesus
Sermon essay.
Sermon essay.
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LITWORK
An Evening's Improvement, Showing, the Necessity of Beholding the Lamb of God
Sermon essay.
Sermon essay.
1711
BIRTH
Jupiter Hammon was born in Oyster Bay, New York, in 1711.
1760
LITWORK
An Evening of Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries
Poem.
Poem.
1760
LITWORK
Salvation Comes by Christ Alone
Poem.
Poem.
1779
LITWORK
An Essay on the Ten Virgins
Poem.
Poem.
1787
LITWORK
An Address to the Negroes of the State of New York
Poem.
Poem.
1806
DEATH
Hammon died around 1806.
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