Jupiter Hammon

Jupiter Hammon

(1711–1806) poet United States

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Jupiter Hammon (1711–1806) was a United States poet.

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Jupiter Hammon was an American writer who is known as a founder of African-American literature, as his poem published in 1761 in New York was the first by an African American man in North America. He subsequently published both poetry and prose. In addition, he was a preacher and a commercial clerk on Long Island, New York.

Notable works:

An address to the Negroes in the state of New-York

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