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The first recorded African American poem is 'Bar's Fight' c 1746, predating Phillis Wheatley's actual birth by 7 years. I believe the operative word in this discussion would be 'published' as opposed to 'recorded'.
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History often requires one to measure conflicting information in order to determine exactly who is the original...or oldest...or first published...or whatever.
The following was garnered from Wikipedia, and places Lucy Terry at an earlier day than Phillis Wheatley.
Let's be liberal, and call it a tie.
Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) is the author of the oldest known work of literature by an African American..............[main body of entry] .......Prince died in 1794. By 1803, Terry moved to nearby Sunderland. She rode on horseback annually to visit his grave until the she died in 1821.
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Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
kc, May 30, 2008
Regarding being the 1st.....The first recorded African American poem is 'Bar's Fight' c 1746, predating Phillis Wheatley's actual birth by 7 years. I believe the operative word in this discussion would be 'published' as opposed to 'recorded'.
Thank you for listening....
kc
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Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
kc, May 30, 2008
History often requires one to measure conflicting information in order to determine exactly who is the original...or oldest...or first published...or whatever.The following was garnered from Wikipedia, and places Lucy Terry at an earlier day than Phillis Wheatley.
Let's be liberal, and call it a tie.
Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) is the author of the oldest known work of literature by an African American..............[main body of entry] .......Prince died in 1794. By 1803, Terry moved to nearby Sunderland. She rode on horseback annually to visit his grave until the she died in 1821.
kc
(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)