Wiser heads will know more, but that sounds to me more like the voice of
Paine than the voice of Twain. Are the narratives quoted found in the
Autobiography (the full dictations, which have recently been published)?

DDD

https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/twain/mark/paine/chapter214.html


On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 6:14 PM John Greenman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> from “the watermelons” (which Paine quotes in chapter CCXIV. MARK TWAIN
> AND THE MISSIONARIES in his Biography)
> Clemens says:
> “...This was down South, in the slavery days. It was the nature of the
> negro then, as now, to steal watermelons…."
>
> Question: have y’all concluded that this 1901 concept accurately reflects
> Clemens’ racial feelings are was there some other reason for his wording??
>
> thanks,
>
> -j
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