On the issue of British troops in American Colonies, most colonies felt... a) The troops were needed for protection, and the colonists were happy to pay for them
b) That the troops were needed but they did not want to pay for them.
c) The troops were not necessary, and the colonists could defend themselves
b) The British troops should stay until after Pontiac's Rebellion was over

the declaration states, “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness….”

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.

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