In his review of Hoffman's _Inventing Mark Twain_ (NY Times, April
27, 1997), David Reynolds writes:

"The dual nature of his experience with race relations extended into
adulthood.  He sometimes seemed highly conservative, as when he
opposed suffrage for blacks, and elsewhere progressive, as when he
publicly praised Frederick Douglass.... "

I have never read that Twain opposed suffrage for blacks, and have
been going through Hoffman's biography looking for that without
success -- in fact, every discussion of his adult views on race
I've found in the book seems to indicate the opposite.

Does anyone have any idea what Reynolds is referring to there?  Did
Twain ever oppose suffrage for blacks?

Thanks in advance.

Jim Zwick