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Who was Philis Wheatley?
Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) was an African woman who was brought to American when she was about seven or eight years old. Within sixteen months she was able to learn the English language and was educated by the family of her Boston master, John Wheatley. She became a published poet who gained considerable status in the society of Boston and London. She later married John Peters and had three children with him. "In 1776 she was received by General Washington" (Perkins 402). She already had one volume of poems published and was working on a second when she died at the age of thirty-one. Perkins, Barbara and George. The American Tradition in Literature, 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009. 402. Print.
What country did the last name Bullock come from?
Bullock is an English surname. It comes from the Old English 'bulluc' and the Middle English 'bullok' meaning 'bullock'. It was used as a nickname for an exuberant young man and as an occupational name for someone who kept bullocks.
Were does the name Tyler originate from?
Tyler is derived from Old English and was the name given to "a worker in roof tiles".
What does four score means?
A score is an Old English word for '20', therefore four score would be '80'
Where did the word couch come from?
14th century: Middle English: from Old French couche (n), coucher (v), from Latin collocare 'place together.'
