26 Quotes by Jupiter Hammon

There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever.

The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein we may learn, what God is.

We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.

You have discovered so much kindness and good will to those you thought were oppressed, and had no helper, that I am sure you will not despise what I have wrote, if you judge it will be of any service to them.

But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.

Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free.

If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you no good.

We cannot certainly, have any excuse either for taking any thing that belongs to our masters without their leave, or for being unfaithful in their business.

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