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The first poem published by an African American in North America. Verse of eighty-eight lines; first line: Salvation comes by Jesus Christ alone.
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An evening thought. : Salvation by Christ, with penetential cries: / composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro belonging to Mr Lloyd, of Queen's-Village, on Long-Island, the 25th of December, 1760
NYHS Identifier
Broadsides -- SY1760 no.2
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Publisher: [Hugh Gaine?]
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Date Created
1760
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1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 27 x 20 cm
