PoetryEra: Slavery
An Evening Thought
c. 1761(Approximate date)· Jupiter Hammon (poet)
- Published in
- broadside (self-standing print)
Jupiter Hammon's devotional broadside, composed 1760 and printed 1761, is recognized as the first poem published by an African American.
Sources & citations
- 1.poetryfoundation.orgwebsite
- 2.en.wikipedia.orgwikipedia
- 3.poets.orgwebsite