The Collected Works of Jupiter Hammon

“This text will become the definitive collection of Hammon’s work — not only because of the archival finds that Cedrick May features but also because of his careful and attentive reconstruction of Hammon’s historical, political, social, and religious contexts.”—Katy Chiles, author of  Transformable Race: Surprising Metamorphoses in the Literature of Early America   “This volume, which reflects those discoveries about the Hammon’s life and work that have taken place since Ransom’s