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2007-09-07 02:10:23 · 4 answers · asked by Nomo 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Mark Twain was a native of Missouri which was a slave-holding state. When the Civil War began, Twain enlisted in the Confederate army. He didn't last long. For whatever reason, he deserted after several months and to get away, went with his brother to the Nevada territory. This is documented in every Twain biography. After he reached maturity, his views of slavery were changed. He saw it for the horror that it was. In Huckleberry Finn, the character Jim represents the enslaved African-Americans and the views of Huck toward Jim represent those of Twain himself. Jim is the hero of the novel and Huck comes to love him as a human and a friend. Twain believed that the South had been led astray in its cultural beliefs, and blamed much of the Southern mythos on the novels of Sir Walter Scott. The derelict steamboat in Huckleberry Finn is named the Walter Scott.
I don't think that Confederate sympathizer is a term that one could apply to Twain. He was southern and a product of his times, but there is no evidence that he supported the South and its "peculiar institution" other than his very brief stint in the Confederate army.
2007-09-07 02:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by BeeGee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When the war broke out, Twain was a Mississippi river boat pilot. River boat traffic slowed when the war began.
In 1861 Samuel Clemens and some friends formed a Confederate Militia Unit. They drilled for only two weeks before disbanding.
Clemen's brother was appointed secretary to the Governor of Nevada, so Clemens headed west after his militia unit disbanded and spent the war years out west.
His short story " The Private History of a Campaign That Failed " depicted his short stay in the Confederate Militia.
2007-09-07 02:39:07 · answer #2 · answered by Louie O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mark Twain was many things, but he thought slavery was wrong. If you read Tom Sawyer and especially Huck Finn, you fin passages that refer to his belief. In addition he wrote many things later on that was against slavery. His story that he wrote about slavery. You would have to look at his earlier work. He thought the ability to own a human being was wrong.
2007-09-07 08:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by datalj12 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was in the Confederate army, but never actually fought.
2007-09-07 02:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by mattgo64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋