Jupiter Hammon, the first African-American to be published in the United States, wrote an Address to the Negroes of the State of New York before their African Society on 24 September 1786. In this speech, Jupiter Hammon expressed his opinions on slavery most clearly. As an individual, he claimed he did "not wish to be free", he did add that he believed slavery was unjust, and would be "glad if others, especially the young Negroes, were free.”