Which city rivaled Byzantine Constantinople in trade?

Identify which of the following characters says the lines below.a. Seth Hollyb. Bertha Hollyc. Bynum Walkerd. Rutherford Selige. Jeremy Furlowf. Herald Loomisg. Mattie Campbellh. Molly Cunningham"My great-granddaddy used to bring Nigras across the ocean on ships. That wasn't no easy job either. Sometimes the winds would blow so hard you'd think the hand of God was set against the sails. But it set him well in pay and he settled in this new land and found him a wife of good Christian charity."

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Who in 1941 formed a group called the Almanac Singers?

A. Bob Dylan B. Pete Seeger C. Woody Guthrie D. C. Albert Tindley