What does john smith hope to achieve by writing the excerpt from "the general history of virginia" ?

the 5th amendment is about the justice system

explanation:

there is no double jeopardy

due process

grand jury

and that you can’t incriminate yourself

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.