Phillis Wheatley

Which of the following reasons

supports the idea that Phillis Wheatley

was better off than many enslaved

people?

• Enslaved people in the North

  were usually treated better than

  those in the South.

• The law against teaching

  enslaved people was a black

  code.

• The law against teaching

  enslaved people was a black

  code.

• Her last name was Wheatley

  because they owned her.

Which statement is false?

• Enslaved people were never sold

  in the northern colonies.

• In some colonies, enslaved

  people were allowed in white

  people’s churches.

• Educating enslaved people in the

  South was against the law.

• Enslaved people were called

  property.

What was unusual about Wheatley’s

life with her owners?

• She had to live in the barn.

• She learned to read and write.

• She was a servant to the owner’s

  wife.

• She tried to run away from her

  owners.

Which of the following is evidence

of the turmoil Wheatley encountered

when she returned from England?

• Enslaved people could be freed

  in a couple of different ways.

• Wheatley enjoyed her visit to

  
  

  England.

• Patriots boarded a British ship

  and threw tea into the harbor.

• She tried to sell her book in the

  
  

  colonies.

Why was it difficult for Wheatley to

find a publisher for her poems?

• Publishers didn’t believe that an

  enslaved person wrote them.

• Publishers were afraid they

  would lose money on her book

  of poems.

• People did not enjoy reading her poems.

• both A and B

Wheatley’s first name comes from

_____.

• her home country

• her owner’s mother

• the ship that brought her to America

• the captain who sold her