Before the scientific revolution, most educated people who studied the world took guidance from the explanations given by authorities like ancient Greek.
The answer is Inuit women.
Technically he could be considered to be a freedman, because Illinois outlawed slavery. However, the Supreme Court ruled that his time spent in Illinois didn't change the fact that he remained a slave after his master died, so he was not empancipated, and thus was still a slave.
The answer is D: He was a slave.