Passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by placing Native American Indians on reservations.

providing free land to farmers.

removing barriers to Asian immigration.

supplying land to build transcontinental railroads.

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for your question the answer would have to be france

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.