How many states are needed to ratify an amendment to the constitution? 35 38 40 50

The answer is the second option, 38.

Explanation: According to Article V of the US constitution for an amendment to become part of the constitution, it should be ratified by the legislatures of 3/4 of all the states of the country which makes 38 states out of 50 states.

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.