Author:Jupiter Hammon

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Jupiter Hammon
(1711 – c. 1806)

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American writer and first known published African-American author

Works

Poems

"An Evening Thought" (1761)
"Untitled" (1770)
"An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly" (1778)
"An Essay on the Ten Virgins" (1779, lost work)
"A Poem for Children with Thoughts on Death" (1782)
"The Kind Master and Dutiful Servant" (1783)
"An Essay on Slavery" (1786)

Prose

"A Winter Piece" (1782)
"An Evening's Improvement" (1783)
An Address to the Negroes in the State of New-York (1787)
- 1787 edition, published by Carroll and Patterson in New York
- 1787 reprint, published by Daniel Humphreys in Philadelphia
- 1806 edition, published by Samuel Wood in New York

Compilations

A Winter Piece (1782)
An Evening's Improvement (1783)

Works about Hammon

"Jupiter Hammon and Phillis Wheatley" in Negro Poets and Their Poems (1923)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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