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I believe the correct answer is the second option: These details bring life to the horrors of his journey by slave ship.
The Valdez oil spill (In Alaska, the ship was on its way to California) is also known as the Exxon Valdez oil spill - this shows us that the company was Exxon. Another names for this company are Humble Oil and Jersey Standard Oil and it's connected to other brands - Esso and Enco.
An older fortification called fort Pinckney
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Either the Hunkpapa Lakota or just the Sioux tribes. I think its Sioux tribes.
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I hope its right sorry if it isnt!
Iwo Jima - although not strictly a stepping stone it gave the US an airbase that was reasonably far forward and at the same time deprived the Japanese of an airbase allowing bombing raids on mainland Japan to proceed with less interference.