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"I ASKED GOD TO MAKE MY HEART COLD SO I COULDN'T FEEL. I ASKED GOD TO TAKE AWAY THE GREED IN MY EYES SO I WOULDN'T BE BLIND. GOD ANSWERED "I WILL GIVE YOU LOVE THAT IS ENDLESS BUT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT IN YOUR HEART AND VALUE WHAT YOU SEE!"

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

JUPITER HAMMON


"IF WE SHOULD EVER GET TO HEAVEN WE SHALL FIND NOBODY TO REPROACH US FOR BEING BLACK OR FOR BEING SLAVES." JUPITER HAMMON WAS ENSLAVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE HIS POEM, "AN EVENING THOUGHT" WAS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA IN 1760 THE FIRST FOR A AFRICAN AMERICAN. AT AGE 78 HE DELIVERED HIS SPEECH, "ADDRESS TO THE NEGROES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK," THAT SPOKE ABOUT HIS LIFE AS A SLAVE & HIS DEVOTION TO CHRISTIANITY.
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