B is likely the correct answer.
As a former teacher and current law student, it was shocking to me how much administration it takes to run a Government. So much goes into printing, IT, payroll, budgeting, etc.
True, Robert Smalls was born into slavery in South Carolina and was hired out to work on steamboats as a youth. He was born an African-American slave, and during and after the Civil War became a ship's pilot, sea captain, as well as a politician. He freed himself, his family and other slaves and convinced Lincoln to let African-American soldiers fight during the war.