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Does anyone have a copy of this book under the title Ten Little Indians? My mother said that when she read it in school that was the title it was printed under. Anyone know why they changed it?

Abigail They changed it because, like a lot of novels, it can be offensive to quite a few cultures. The title was changed numerous times. The copy I own conta…moreThey changed it because, like a lot of novels, it can be offensive to quite a few cultures. The title was changed numerous times. The copy I own contains "Soldier Island" instead of Indian Island and "Ten little Soldier Boys" instead of Ten Little Indians. The original title contained the N word. So as you can imagine, the titles had to be changed a few times because they all had some sort of racism connected to it, first towards black people, and then toward Natives.(less)

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