How did settlers of the 1800s affect the land in the Blue Ridge region? They dug mines for gold and cut down forests for lumber. They harvested crops and created a plantation system. They built railroads into the gaps for transportation. They overturned the earth to reach coal deposits.

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.

answer; dishonor to his country,polyneices was a traitor;