Growing up, Mark Twain was in a family which owned not just one, but hundreds of slaves. He grew up in a time where the idea of freeing blacks was a massive political issue. One of the prosecution’s arguments was that Pap is a racist, therefore Mark Twain is racist. This is not true. If someone grows up with an alcoholic father, the person has two choices: 1) they will either grow up and become a drinker themselves,
Growing up, Mark Twain was in a family which owned not just one, but hundreds of slaves. He grew up in a time where the idea of freeing blacks was a massive political issue. One of the prosecution’s arguments was that Pap is a racist, therefore Mark Twain is racist. This is not true. If someone grows up with an alcoholic father, the person has two choices: 1) they will either grow up and become a drinker themselves,