# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lucy-terry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:36:14.415Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lucy-terry"
name: "Lucy Terry"
slug: "lucy-terry"
description: "Lucy Terry Prince, often credited as simply Lucy Terry, was an American settler and poet. Kidnapped in Africa and enslaved, she was taken to the British colony of Rhode Island. Her future husband purchased her freedom before their marriage in 1756. She composed a ballad poem, \"Bars Fight\", about a 1746 incident in which two white families were attacked by Native Americans. It was preserved orally until it was published in 1854 by J. G. Holland in the newspaper he edited, The Springfield Daily Republican. It is considered the oldest known work of literature by an African American."
tagline: "African American writer, poet (1730–1821)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Commemorative_plaque_Abijah_and_Lucy_Terry_Prince_Guilford_Welcome_Center_Interstate_91_N_MM_5.4_Guilford_VT_October_2024_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1730"
deathDate: "1821-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.66
  momentum:             5.862068965517241
  historical:           9.21512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "لوسي تيري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "لوسى تيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Terry"
    title: "Lucy Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Terry"
    title: "Lucy Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Terry"
    title: "Lucy Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Terry"
    title: "Lucy Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Terry"
    title: "Lucy Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Terry"
    title: "Lucy Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Terry"
    title: "Lucy Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "لوسی ٹیری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3381321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump