Solomon Northup was an outsider. He had grown up as a "free" black man. He had never experienced anything like that. He was accustomed to an entirely different existence.
Spain and France where two countries that had settled in the present day Florida area before the pilgrims from Britain settled at Plymouth Rock.
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Every dynasty was like a trial and error period on how to succeed. By the Qing empire, everyone was sick of dynasties so they became a republic and eventually a communist autocracy.
The parole system was that a prisoner was sent back to his home if he agreed he would not fight again until he was exchanged for a soldier from the other side.
