In the 1500s, European explorers made contact with Choctaw and Chickasaw in Mississippi. These explorers were from what country? A)
England
B)
France
Mexico
D)
Spain

The explorers were from:

D. Spain

Explanation:

It was in 1540 that Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto first made contact with the Choctaws and the Chickasaws. Soto and his company of conquistadors were sent on an expedition, and he was the very first European to see the Mississippi river. He was buried in the river, as a matter of fact, after dying from a fever. Throughout his life as an explorer, Soto traveled to several places in the American continent, helping conquer lands. No wonder he did not receive any blessings from the natives upon his death.

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.