text:  John Wheatley, Susanna's husband, was a very wealthy tailor and a merchant of sorts. So he was actually a fairly prominent figure, a pretty wealthy gentleman. There's not a documentation that they had other slaves beyond Phyllis. It's possible that they did, but there's not as much documentation on that. But John wanted to get his wife a slave just to have mostly as a companion. So they wanted this kid and paid very little for her. I don't imagine a few pounds. Not very much.