On Being Brought from Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley was brought to America at what age?
8
What does the poem overall try to tell the reader about?
Christianity
What was removed from the final draft of the Declaration?
The outlawing of slavery
Equiano associates the white men with what?
Spirits
Phillis was the first published African American poet in America, True or False?
True
Jupiter Hammond gained his freedom, True or False?
False
Who does He refer to in the Declaration?
King George III
Why was Equiano allowed on deck for most of the trip to America?
He was sick often.
What is the overall message of Phillis's poem?
To get other enslaved African Americans to join Christianity.
Hammond acts as a what? (Think Uncle Sam enlistment posters)
A call to arms
Name an unlawful tax
Tea tax, stamp act, sugar tax.
People who spoke the same language or knew each other were separated, True or False
True
What does Pagan mean?
Not recognized by major religion
What is Jupiter Hammond trying to tell Phillis to be?
A Better Christian
Complete the phrase. Men are allowed to chase life, liberty, and...
The pursuit of happiness
Equiano is amazed by what when he is aboard the ship?
How they make the ship move and stop