After growing up as an enslaved person, josiah t. walls became florida’s first african american
a congressman.
b governor.
c senator.
d judge

Option A.

Explanation:

Congressman, is the right answer.

Josiah Thomas Walls was the first Black congressman from the United States of America who served three terms of Congress of the U.S. in the years between 1871 and 1876. He became the first African American to be elected in the U.S. Congress during the time of Reconstruction Era and first black person to be elected from Florida.

"a government in which power is divided between state and national levels". federalism is a system of government in which entities such and state and province, share power with the national government.