Can someone tell me about hernando de soto and why they explore the state of ga

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River.

I can't answer your second question since I know nothing about it, my apologies, but I hope that this will help answer about Hernando de Soto.

To preserve the Union.

slavery

That is why he did it he did not believe people should be slaves