The homosapien were the hominid to use animal skins and mats that were woven from leaves to collect fruits, seeds, and berries that they ate.They were the only ones that could of woven anything.
In the late 1940s, the United States responded to the growing threat presented by the Soviet Union by trying to stem the tide of Communism by supporting and propping up governments that opposed Communism.
He was trying to claim he was no longer a slave because his master had taken him to states in which slavery was illegal.