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Jupiter Hammon

1,996 words, approx. 7 pages

Jupiter Hammon, the first American of African descent to publish poetry and prose in the Western world, was born a slave at the aristocratic Lloyd Manor in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, on 17 Oct... Read more

Jupiter Hammon

3,791 words, approx. 13 pages

Jupiter Hammon, the first black writer to publish in America, has been one of the least understood and most undervalued writers among those in the tradition that he engendered. Facts about his life ar... Read more