The social contract is an agreement in which citizens will consent to be governed so long government protects their natural rights. test bank

True. The social contract is an agreement between the government and its people whereby the citizens give their consent to be governed as long as their natural rights are respected. Natural rights include the right to life, liberty, and property. These rights are believed to be given by God and thus no government should deny its citizens

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.