Bøger af Jupiter Hammon

"Salvation comes by Jesus Christ alone, / The only Son of God; / Redemption now to every one, / That love his holy Word." With these words of praise, Jupiter Hammon, a fifty-year-old slave from Long Island, New York, changed American literature forever. The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon compiles the work of America's first published black writer.

Title: An address to the Negroes in the state of New-York.Author: Jupiter HammonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04786400CollectionID: CTRG04-B411PublicationDate: 17870101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Addressed to the members of the African Society in the city of New-York--cf. p. iii.Collation: 20 p.; 22 cm

The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon compiles the works of Jupiter Hammon, Americäs first published black writer. When his poem ¿An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries¿ appeared in print as a broadside in 1761, Hammon unknowingly changed American literature for generations to come. Born into slavery, Hammon was a highly talented poet and preacher whose subtle criticism of slavery employed Christian symbolism and promoted a vision of salvation through determination and faith in God. In 1786, Hammon gave ¿An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York¿ at the inaugural assembly of the African Society of New York City. In it, he proclaimed that ¿If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.¿ His message of hope and spiritual uplift employed Christian theology while responding to the needs and desires of enslaved African Americans. In ¿An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley,¿ Hammon harnesses the communicative power of poetry to acknowledge and praise a pioneering young poet: ¿While thousands muse with earthly toys; / And range about the street, / Dear Phillis, seek for heaven¿s joys, / Where we do hope to meet.¿ Through this shared passion for poetry and belief in life after death, the two poets¿who never did meet in life¿join in mind and in spirit despite their earthly status as slaves. Through humility and hope, Hammon expresses his solidarity with a kindred soul while igniting and inspiring countless others. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.