Jupiter Hammon

American writer and first known published African-American author

Born	1711
Died	ca. 1800.

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

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 1787 — 10 editions

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The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949

by Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Lucy Terry, Jupiter Hammon, Phillis Wheatley, George Moses Horton, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Armand Lanusse, Pierre Dalcour, and 134 others First published in 1949 — 8 editions
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An evening's improvement: Shewing, the necessity of beholding the Lamb of God. : To which is added, a dialogue, entitled, The kind master and dutiful servant

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 1790 — 5 editions

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A winter piece: being a serious exhortation, with a call to the unconverted: and a short contemplation on the death of Jesus Christ

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 1782 — 4 editions

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Hartford, August 4, 1778. An address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian poetess, in Boston, who came from Africa at eight years of age, and soon became acquainted with the gospel of Jesus Christ

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 1778 — 3 editions

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An evening thought: Salvation by Christ, with penetential cries

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 1760 — 3 editions

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America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 1970 — 2 editions

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First in Line: The Collected Writings of Jupiter Hammon

by Jupiter Hammon and World Stage Press First published in 2021 — 1 edition

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Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 2021 — 1 edition

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Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 2021 — 1 edition

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An ddress to the Negros in the State of New -York

by Jupiter Hammon First published in 1969 — 1 edition

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American writer and first known published African-American author

Born	1711
Died	ca. 1800.

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OLID: OL1348105A
ISNI: 000000038947276X
Library of Congress Names: n83189822
VIAF: 3274422
Wikidata: Q937369
Inventaire.io: wd:Q937369

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