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Jupiter Hammon

An Evening Thought

“An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penetential Cries” (1761)

by Jupiter Hammon

In 1761, Hammon became the first Black poet published in the United States when his poem, “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries,” was printed as a broadside in Hartford. Written on Christmas Day in 1760, the poem expresses his deep Christian faith and marks the beginning of a decades-long literary career. This is Hammon’s first published poem and a foundational piece in the history of African American literature. Continue reading An Evening Thought →

Ann Plato

Lines, Written Upon Being Examined In School Studies for the Preparation of a Teacher.

Lines, Written Upon Being Examined In School Studies for the Preparation of a Teacher.

by Ann Plato

Teach me, O! Lord, the secret errors of my way,
Teach me the paths wherein I go astray,
Learn me the way to teach the word of love,
For that’s the pure intelligence above.
As well as learning, give me that truth forever–
Which a mere worldly tie can never sever,
For though our bodies die, our souls will live forever. Continue reading Lines, Written Upon Being Examined In School Studies for the Preparation of a Teacher. →

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Chapters 40, 41, 45

These are the final chapters and the climax of the novel. 

CHAPTER XL

The Martyr

“Deem not the just by Heaven forgot!
Though life its common gifts deny,—
Though, with a crushed and bleeding heart,
And spurned of man, he goes to die!
For God hath marked each sorrowing day,
And numbered every bitter tear,
And heaven’s long years of bliss shall pay
For all his children suffer here.” BRYANT.[1] Continue reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Chapters 40, 41, 45 →

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