Bars Fight | 
#OnThisDay* in 1746 a group of Native Americans conducted a raid on two settler families in Deerfield, Mass. Lucy Terry (later Prince), who was enslaved by a nearby family, composed the oral ballad "Bars Fight Aug 28 1746" about the incident. It was later written down and published in 1855. It is the only work of Terry's to survive to this day, and it is the oldest known work of literature by an African American. #HistoryGetsLIT
TheKidUpstairs * this is the entry for yesterday, the 28th. Although the raid may have been conducted on the 25th. In the transfer from oral tradition to written work there is some discrepancy over the date. 2y
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