Fortune's Bones

In the excerpt from “Fortune’s Bones,” why does the author most likely explain what happened to Fortune’s

body after his death?

• To illustrate that enslaved people didn’t live long lives

• To show that slave owners didn’t regard their slaves as human beings

• To emphasize that slave owners were demanding of their slaves, even after death

• To indicate that enslaved people were owned, even after death

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Which of the following is not one of the reasons we know about Fortune today?

• A Historians searched local records and found information about him

• Archaeologists and anthropologists studied his bones.

• Marilyn Nelson was commissioned to write poems about him.

• Sally Porter Law McGlannan asked the museum to research his bones.

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For what period of time were Fortune’s bones displayed in the Mattatuck Museum

• From 1798 to 1970

• From 1803 to 1970

• From 1933 to 1970

• From 1933 to 1990s

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The last line, “But he was free,” emphasizes that ____________

• Fortune and his family were freed after Dr. Porter died

• Fortune managed to escape from slavery before he died

• Fortune’s family reclaimed his bones from the museum

• Fortune could no longer be owned after his death

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