If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us… — Jupiter Hammon · Skopia

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If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or being slaves.

1786

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Hammon, Jupiter. "An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York." 24 Sept. 1786, New York, NY, USA.

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