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Originally Posted by Kevin
Likely schools told publishing companies that they would simply read different books until the edits were made. Publishing companies, wanting to continue to sell books probably complied.
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According to a story my wife heard yesterday, it was pressure from parents who didn't want their kids reading the original version.
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Originally Posted by Alumiyum
Doing a word replacement using "slave" is kind of a sloppy fix, but as long as the original is available, whatever. I can see the revised version being a better choice in schools, mostly for the reason k_s talks about.
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My problem with using "slave" as the replacement is that it doesn't mean the same thing. You've not only lost the original word, you've lost the meaning that was intended.