None, it was Amerigo Vespucci
Answer:
The Civil War begins in 1861, putting the millions of Southern slaves in an ultimatum: either to help serve the Confederacy or try to defect to the North. Over half a million of them do end up heading North, altering the course of the war and shifting its focus from that of the country’s unity to the issue of slavery. Gates talks about Robert Smalls, a slave who was pressed into serving on the Confederate ship Planter. On May 13th, 1862, Smalls led his fellow slaves in commandeering the sheep from the sleeping officers.
Explanation:
A : the rest of them aren’t talked about in the excerpt besides the poor conditions of the messengers
