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Black and White


Following the Civil War, just prior to the turn of the century, many
American novelist were writing more freely of the previous slave culture. Two
of these writers being Mark Twain and Charles Chesnutt. Mark Twain was a
popular "white" author by this time. Charles Chesnutt, the son of free blacks,
decided to pursue a dream of becoming an author in order to remove the spirit of
racism. By studying these authors in particular, the views of a white raised in
the slave holding south are juxtaposed with the views of free black. Both Twain
and Chesnutt satirize whites in different ways through their literature. Twain
also displays some unfavorable preconceptions of blacks. This can be attributed
to his own upbringing in the slave holding south.
The main character of the Chesnutt stories is an old Negro man,
previously a slave, who engages his new white employers in many tales about life
on the plantation. Uncle Julius relays these stories with much detail.......

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