Rick wants to support a bill which is about to be voted on in his state's legislature. how might rick more effectively support the bill as a member of a special interest group? rick's vote in the upcoming elections will count for more than it would have if he wasn't a member. elected officials will read e-mails from special interest groups but not from individuals. elected officials will allow members of special interest groups to speak at senate hearings. elected officials will likely pay more attention to messages that come from a group of people.

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.