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.

• A wealthy Boston man named John Wheatley bought Phillis.

• 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 countryher home country

• her owner’s mother

• the ship that brought her to America

• the captain who sold her