SL>Thanks for sharing the book with me. It seems to show a different
  >point-of-view from that which we've grown to know today. One should always
  >keep in mind the time period and accepted mind-set of the times. The 
uthor
  >was no doubt doing what was "politically correct" for the time and it 
ould
  >unfair to judge it against today's standards, as they are Mark Twain's 
uck
  >Finn.
You are right.  The book needs to be viewed within the historical
context of the time.
By the way, Mark Twain was an avid abolitionist.
                    Sondra
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