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Lucy Terry

African American writer, poet (1730–1821)
Person human Q3381321

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[9]
Date of birth
1730
Date of death
July 11, 1821
Place of birth
Africa
Place of death
Sunderland
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Ethnic group
African Americans[8]
Occupation
writer, poet
Archives at
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture[10]
Described by source
Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, African American Authors, 1745-1945 (1st edition), Notable Black American Women, Women poets in pre-Revolutionary America, 1650-1775 : an anthology, American women writers to 1800[14][15][16][17][18]
Family name
Terry[12]
Given name
Lucy[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora, WikiProject New York Public Library, Boston Black Women Lead[20][21][22]
Residence
Sunderland[11]
Social classification
slave[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Luce Bijah en Lucy Terry en Lucy Terry Prince ar لوسي تيري fa لوسی تری
🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
30944635
Library of Congress authority ID
n84160055
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Commemorative plaque Abijah and Lucy Terry Prince Guilford Welcome Center Interstate 91 N MM 5.4 Guilford VT October 2024 02.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1601332
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
PrinceLucyTerryapproximately1730-1821
BlackPast.org ID
african-american-history/prince-lucy-terry-c-1732-1821
Collective Biographies of Women ID
21056
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Lucy-Terry
FAST ID
1898954
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
Freebase ID
/m/02f3h1
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803103222302
Show all 16 identifiers +4
SBN author ID
LIGV126063
SNAC ARK ID
w6xs6kxj
WikiTree person ID
Terry-7556
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdWQx4RWgJ3tPBrFc8pyd
🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
writer, poet
Archives at 1
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Ethnic group 1
African Americans
Family name 1
Terry
Given name 1
Lucy
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Africa
Place of death 1
Sunderland
Residence 1
Sunderland
Sex or gender 1
female
Social classification 1
slave
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Summary

Born in Africa[1], she… she was born on January 1, 1730[2]. She died in Sunderland[3]. She died on July 11, 1821[4]. She worked as a writer[5] and poet[6].

FAQs

Where was Lucy Terry born?

Lucy Terry's place of birth was Africa[1].

Where did Lucy Terry die?

Lucy Terry died in Sunderland[3].

What did Lucy Terry do for work?

Lucy Terry worked as writer[5] and poet[6].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . African American Authors, 1745-1945 (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Women poets in pre-Revolutionary America, 1650-1775 : an anthology. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. Retrieved . archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Residence → Sunderland
    Place of birth → Africa
    Described by source → Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, African American Authors, 1745-1945 (1st edition), Notable Black American Women +2
    Archives at → Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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