His first popular book was "Innocents Abroad- (1869), followed by "Tom Sawyer- and "Huckleberry Finn- (1876). ... However, the setting of the novel was in 1830, a period called "Ante Bellum-, which was the time before Civil War and the time of slavery. ... Pudd'nhead Wilson, originally called David Wilson, is a young lawyer who comes into the small town named Dawson's Landing. ... Her son, now called "Tom-, grows up as a white man and Tom, now called "Chambers- grows up as a slave. ... Twain had a special relationship to one of the slaves called Uncle Daniel. ...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The land of the free (except for slaves) and the home of the brave (and extremely violent and repressive) inculcated racial myths within Clemens during his antebellum childhood on the Mississippi that were slowly fractured, but never completely expunged, as he matured intellectually. ... As blacks began to discover their humanity, it was necessary to overstate their dehumanization in order to get them back in their place as expeditiously as possible. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate