[SoCal Pubbie]

“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.”

https://m.charlesdickenspage.com/charles-dickens-in-america.html

Doesn’t sound like he was much of a first-hand observer does it?

[DiogenesLamp]

... he wrote scathingly about the institution of slavery, citing newspaper accounts of runaway slaves horribly disfigured by their cruel masters.”

Doesn’t sound like he was much of a first-hand observer does it?

Are you suggesting he is wrong in his characterization of how slaves were treated? Are you now defending slaveowners?