The XYZ Affair (1797-1798) involved an American peace delegation in France, three agents of the French Foreign Minister (labeled as X, Y, and Z in President John Adams' initial communications with Congress), and the French Foreign Minister's demand for a bribe from the American delegation.
The best option from the list would be "Frederick Douglas" since he was a prominent abolitionist who had a wide-range of literary works published and had also been a slave.
