... of experience with it. He knew a person's history could roughly be predicted by the manner of their speaking. Such as rich, well bred, educated citizens often had a voice containing a large vocabulary, finely pronounced words, and produced easily understood sentences. This gave them the essence of ellegence and class, and as Twain put it, "He was well born, and that's worth as ... ...
... phrases and actions are considered offensive and discriminating, but those same phrases in the past were second nature, and were used in everyday dialect. The "n" word was incorporated into the vocabulary of all social classes and stature. These words were spoken as nouns, not adjectives and were there to dehumanize the slaves. After reading this story and absorbing these words, Twain ... ...
... cringe at the very use of "the n word," as it is uses frequently in the book, much different than the people of the South during the 19th century, who's daily vocabulary contained the word nigger, using it to describe a black [sub]person. Kuhne goes on to say, "He wrote essays about atrocities committed against black, attacked plantation- and slave-owners, in ... ...
