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1. What surprised you about the role of New York in the revolution as described by the author Kevin Baker.

2. Name one location in New York that played a role in the Revolution and why it was important.

the answer might be either a or c. can't be too sure , because i searched the web, but no valid answers came through.

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.