If we were to pen a research paper on race violence, would we argue whether anything has changed, since perhaps the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)? In the story of “Kabnis,” the main character seems to be paranoid regarding all of his surroundings, this anxiety and fear initiated after he moved from the north to the south of the U.S. First, do you think the main character, coming from the north, has the general mindset about the South—implying Southerners’ stereotypical racism and religious fervor? Do you think Kabnis was affected by “the northern exaggeration about the South" (119)? Also, Halsey and Layman explain a bit about the change that has occurred from