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what did Charles Dickens think about slavery in America when he first arrived in America!?
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He found it disturbing and revolting!. Quote:

Dickens wanted to see the South and observe slavery first hand!. His initial plan was to go to Charleston but because of the heat and the length of the trip he settled for Richmond, Virginia!. He was revolted by what he saw in Richmond, both by the condition of the slaves themselves and by the white's attitudes towards slavery!. In American Notes, the book written after he returned to England describing his American visit, he wrote scathingly about the institution of slavery, citing newspaper accounts of runaway slaves horribly disfigured by their cruel masters!.

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He was very much against it, though he had hardly visited the South at all!.Www@QuestionHome@Com