Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical DocumentsBloomsbury Academic, 1996 M06 24 - 264 pages Since the time of its publication in 1884, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has generated heated controversy. One of the most frequently banned books in the history of literature, it raises issues of race relations, censorship, civil disobedience, and adolescent group psychology as relevant today as they were in the 1880s. This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts in contemporary society. Among the source materials presented are: memoirs of fugitive slaves, a river gambler, a gunman, and Mississippi Valley settlers; the Southern Code of Honor; rules of dueling; and an interview with a 1990s gang member. |
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... slavery - because their businesses de- pended on it , because they were morally indifferent to it , or be- cause , for practical purposes , they found the abolitionists too extreme . The ... slaves who had Slavery and Its Legacy 119.
... slavery : the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin . Stowe's book , a care- fully researched story of slavery , helped to galvanize public opinion in the North against slavery . Three hundred thousand copies of ...
... SLAVERY ARGUMENT An understanding of the pro - slavery stance is essential to get some sense of the heart - wrenching trauma faced by a boy who has been brought up in a society where the slaveholders ' values prevail . The three pro ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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