My dear cousin, I didn't do it, and I can't help it. I would, if I could. If low-minded, brutal people will act like themselves, what am I to do? … There would be no use in interfering; there is no law that amounts to anything practically, for such a case. … (p 187)
The excerpt above best demonstrates _____.
southern empathy
rationalization of slavery
northern racism
questionable Christianit