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Mr. dickens also thought slavery in particular made us a pretty brutal country. and he wrote in "american notes" you could see the brutalizing effect of slavery in this country in the ways we conducted ourselves even when slaves weren't directly involved. for example, charles dickens included in his book, request "american notes" an account he read in a newspaper while he was here. it was an account about wisconsin politicians shooting each other. february 11, 1842, and wisconsin legislators were debating the appointment of a flu sheriff in grant county, wisconsin. according to dicken, quote, ...