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Of all the shit you could call Mark Twain out on, treatment of African Americans isn't one of them. His books humanized them, despite his upbringing in a community where slavery was ordained by the church and state, and his father owning several as well. As he grew older, those views became more and more apparent.
He's required reading material in a lot of Critical Race Theory courses.
Just don't quote him on his view of American Indians.
Oh yeah, he treated them like subhumans.