... hierarchies based on racial segregation Mark Twain: Mark Twain was born on November 30th of the year 1835 in Florida, Missouri. His first job was as a printer and 1856 as a steamboat officer. After brief service in the Civil War he started writing as a journalist and later as an author. His first popular book was ... Civil War and the time of slavery. Slaves were seen as dependent, inferior to the white race and without any civil rights. In these years Mark Twain was still a boy. I can imagine him remembering the circumstances of this era very well. The Novel: "Pudd'nhead Wilson-, set i...

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