Black Poet
arrives
In Hartford
Hartford, Conn.- Jupiter
Hammon, the first black man to
publish poetry in these colonies,
recently arrived in this literary
capital with his master, Joseph
Lloyd. They fled Long Island
shortly before it was taken
by the enemy.
Hammon is a man of rare
talent, completely unschooled
and self-taught in the art of
writing. His most famous piece,
published in 1760, is entitled An
Evening Thought: Salvation By
Christ With Penitential Cries.
We can assure our readers
that Mr. Hammon is presently
composing a new work, to be
entitled An Essay on the Ten
Virgins. It will soon be available
for purchase at the Printing
Office in Hartford.
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**The preceding was an actual newspaper article as printed on February 28, 1778.
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