Person Detail: Jupiter Hammon

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General Information:
Full Name: Jupiter Hammon
Biography: (1711-c.1806) Writer. Jupiter Hammon was the first black writer to be published in America. He was a slave of the Lloyd family of Oyster Bay, New York. His work was loaded with Biblical allusions to slavery, and is considered some of the first anti-slavery poetry written by an American slave. Jupiter Hammon's residence, Lloyd Manor, is currently a historic house museum, which gives tours from June until September.
Author's Timeline:
1711		Nassau County Jupiter Hammon was born in Oyster Bay, New York, in 1711.
1806		(Unknown) County Hammon died around 1806.
1760		(Unknown) County An Evening of Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries Poem.
1779		(Unknown) County An Essay on the Ten Virgins Poem.
1787		(Unknown) County An Address to the Negroes of the State of New York Poem.
1760		(Unknown) County Salvation Comes by Christ Alone Poem.
?		Nassau County Hammon was a slave of the Lloyd family of Oyster Bay, New York, and of Suffolk County, New York.
?		Suffolk County Hammon was a slave of the Lloyd family of Oyster Bay, New York and of Suffolk County, New York.
?		(Unknown) County An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly [sic], Ethiopian Poetess Poem.
?		(Unknown) County A Poem for Children with Thoughts of Death Poem.
?		(Unknown) County A Dialogue Entitled the Kind Master and the Dutiful Servant Poem.
?		(Unknown) County A Winter Piece: Being a Serious Exhortation, with a Call to the Unconverted Sermon essay.
?		(Unknown) County A Short Contemplation on the Death of Jesus Sermon essay.
?		(Unknown) County An Evening's Improvement, Showing, the Necessity of Beholding the Lamb of God Sermon essay.