This new novel took on a more serious character, however, as Twain focused increasingly on theinstitutionofslavery and the South.
这种新的小说了一个更为严重的性质,但是,由于吐温越来越集中于该机构的奴役和南方。
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This habit goes back to theinstitutionofslavery itself, when 'house' slaves both mimicked the whites they served and held themselves above the 'field' slaves.
As an individual, Lincoln hated slavery. As a Republican, he wished to exclude it from the territories as the first step to putting the institution “in the course of ultimate extinction.