The state song "georgia on my mind" by hoagy carmichael was originally written about a woman with that name. after ray charles sang it, the state legislature voted it the state song. ray charles sang it on the legislative floor when the bill passed. this act was important because
a. georgia needed a new state song to represent the rise of the two-party system.
b. ray charles was the first african-american to walk into the legislature.
c. it symbolized to many the move away from segregation and racism.
d. it symbolized the growing importance of georgia in the u. s. economy.

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.

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