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