3. Controversy surrounding Huck
Finn and censorship
Concord Library banning-1885
NY Public Library-1905
219 times
Twain did NOT intend for it to be misused
by readers of his literature.
Intended to show how blacks were viewed
Less than human
During this time this is how they were identified
Spain, 1587
Censorship
4. Geography and Life on the River
1800 collision of various people and cultures
Native Americans and early white settlers (fur traders, planters, French)
created the norms for the region.
Mississippi River valley was sold as a part of the Louisiana
Purchase
1820
Land exhaustion in east forced people west and miss river valley
seemed like a good place to settle
Crowding caused a forceful removal of Native Americans from the land
1850
Lower Mississippi: slave country, wealth, power
Northern Mississippi: no slave country, opportunity, respectability
Confederates controlled the Mississippi river between 1816-
1863
Many slaves crossed river by way of underground railroad
The first bridge built across the Mississippi River was in 1855
The first railroad bridge finished in 1856.
7. Small Pox
Hospital used for quarantine, Pest House
No treatment, Vaccinations available
Contracted through direct contact with
any infected material
Eradicated (exception: bioterrorism)
16th century fear
November 1835 -- Texas Rebellion begins. -- March 1836 -- Mexican Troops storm and siege the Alamo. -- December 1845 -- Texas admitted into the Union . -- May 1846 -- President Polk receives word that Mexicans have ambushed two American companies and declares that the Mexican War has begun. -- February 1848 -- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war and giving the United States new territories.