Jupiter Hammon Delivers Address on Emancipation

Jupiter Hammon, considered the first published Black writer in America, delivered 'An Address to the Negroes of the State of New-York' before the African Society of New York City, calling for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people. Though constrained by his own enslaved status and cautious in tone, the address was a significant early public statement by a Black American advocating for freedom.