The main function of political parties in the united states is to a) narrow down choices for citizens voting in elections. b) ensure that country remains a representative democracy. c) keep certain types of political candidates out of power. d) people with similar political ideas express their views.

The MAIN function of political parties in the United States is to:

D)help people with similar political ideas express their views.

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.