The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon
Hammon, Jupiter / Editions, Mint
“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.