Free Tours on Jupiter Hammon's Birthday

Joseph Lloyd Manor, Lloyd Harbor3 dates

Joseph Lloyd Manor was completed in 1767 for Joseph Lloyd (1716–1780).Here, Jupiter Hammon, one of America's first published Black writers, composed his best-known works while enslaved by the Lloyd family. This guided tour will lead visitors through the first and second floor of the Manor, and will provide visitors the opportunity to consider and discuss the complicated history of a successful merchant family dividedby war alongsidethe perspective of a man in bondage reflecting on liberty in…