Agroup of provinces or states that come together under a common constitution. they differ from a federation in that they retain specific state or provincial rights

I believe the answer is: Confederation

Confederation inherently consist of different oganizations who decided to be a part of a certain alliance in order to fight for a certain things that they need/wants. In united states, confederation among states was form once in order to fight for their rights to maintain slavery.

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.