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A Revealing Interview with Terrell Dempsey, Author of Searching for Jim: Slavery in Sam Clemens's World
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February 28, 2007 |
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Mark Twain expert Terrell Dempsey uncovers the truths of African American slavery in Hannibal, Missouri, Sam Clemens's hometown, in Searching for Jim: Slavery in Sam Clemens's World (University of Missouri Press 2003). The existence of slavery in Hannibal during Twain's childhood and adolescence was rarely discussed until Dempsey revealed his compelling findings in Searching for Jim.
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