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Electronic Scrapbook. Slavery and Discrimination. Joshua Gunn. Bookhaven.com. Slavery and Discrimination. Slavery- The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household. Loc.gov. Slavery and Discrimination.

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Electronic Scrapbook

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  1. Electronic Scrapbook Slavery and Discrimination Joshua Gunn Bookhaven.com

  2. Slavery and Discrimination Slavery- The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household Loc.gov

  3. Slavery and Discrimination Huckleberry Finn takes place in a southern state where slavery was very intense. In the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, slaves are used in most of the houses. Loc.gov

  4. Slavery and Discrimination Black people that were used as slaves in a house carried out household task. The slaves were mentioned cooking , cleaning, and harvesting crops. -- By 1860, 1/3 of the population was made up of slaves in the south - Slave owners could do whatever they wanted to them

  5. Slavery and Discrimination The slaves in Huckleberry Finn were not treated as humans. They were seen as property and were traded off between other states and people. The slaveholders saw nothing wrong with separating a slave from their family.

  6. Slavery and Discrimination SSlavery was also shown through the way slaveholders talked to their slaves. The referred to them as the n word and looked to them as having lower intelligence.

  7. Mark Twain based his novel off the town he resided in. He used the suggestive language being used in his town, and he transferred it into his novel show a real life representation on how blacks were treated. Ct-graphics.com

  8. Loc.gov

  9. Mark Twain showed throughout his novel, huckleberry finn, how Americans treated their slaves. He puts the society in a negative light in most circumstances through the novel. In his own views, Mark Twain was against slavery and had respect for black people. Time.com

  10. “but when they told me there was a state in the country they’d let that nigger vote, I drawed out.”- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  11. BookHaven.com

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  13. Many people today view The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as racist because of the language being used.

  14. Mark Twain want wanted to extract the evil nature and cruelty of slavery throughout his novel.

  15. Slavery was viewed as right during the time Mark Twain’s story took place. It was shown through Huckleberry Finn. He thought he was going to hell because he was making an attempt to free Jim.

  16. Loc.gov

  17. Future.state.gov

  18. Future.state.gov

  19. O great design ! Ye sons of Mercy! O complete your work ; Wrench from the Opression’s hand the iron rod, And bid the cruel feel the pains they give. - Hannah More

  20. Mark Twain wanted to show that slavery and discrimination was going to become better overtime. This is shown throughout the ending of The adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

  21. T Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York; C.L Webster & Co. 1885 “Mark Twain” Wikipedia. December 5, 2012. December 18, 2012 No author. “History of Slavery and Atlantic Slave Trade” n.d. web. 18 December 2012 No author. “Images of African-American Slavery and Freedom.” loc.gov n.d. web. 18 December 2012 Bookhaven.Stanford.edu. “Huckleberry Finn.” Stanford. Edu. n.d. 2010. web. 18 December 2012 No Author. “Jennifer Lynn Glass Artist” Blogspot.com. June 24, 2012. 18 December 2012

  22. Blount, Roy. “Mark Twain: Our original Superstar” Time.com. July , 2008. 18 December 2012 No Author. “Handwritten alphabet.” depositphotos.com. n.d. 18 December 2012 No Author. “US Department of State” future.state.gov. n.d. 18 December 2012

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