the idea was that i was wondering even if they change the name the redmen as minutemen. are they going to call it the whales? that's an unoffensive creature floating. the snail daughters. that would be wrong too. the idea is we're looking for nonoffensive language, i think we go on a slippery slope. this will be part of our discussion as well. wo we'll go on to my notes on the board. very clear image. you see the evil slave watcher in the background. you see the black man coming out of the swamp frightened. when the story was written, what do you think was in her mind? was she trying to not be offensive? >> i think she was trying to shock people. she's trying to show the slavery, the evils of slavery. >> absolutely. thank you. in her doing that, she painted, this is an early review of her work. she painted a very, very simplistic view of slavery. you had the evil slave owner and the evil slave catcher. that's what slavery was about. you were at the whim of somebody. it was power. you were, in fact, a slave. nothing was your own. it tells about the worst parts of slavery.

i was wondering as they changed the name from redmen to minutemen. are they going to call it the whales? that's an unoffensive creature. >> we can't use that. we'll call them the snail doves. they're offended too. the idea is looking for nonoffensive language we can wind ourselves on a slippery slope. let's take a look at a few more of these. then we'll go on to my notes on the board. this is a classic illustrated version of "uncle tom's cabin." very clearly imaged you see the evil slave catcher with a dog. you see the black man coming out of the swamp frightened. probably one of the most powerful images of "uncle tom's cabin" if you don't get everybody else dying and going to heaven. the idea is you're capturing what the story is about. it's about slavery. when hair ret beecher stowe wrote this story, what do you think was in her mind? help me out. was she trying to like not be offensive or was she trying to be enlightening? what was she thinking? here you go. >> i think that she was trying to shock people and she's an abolitionist. she was trying t