Pudd'nhead Wilson

Explain Tom state of mind in chapter 10?

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Tom begins to ponder about the unfairness and nature of slavery. He begins to question, "what crime did the uncreated first [slave] commit that the curse of birth was decreed for him?" He further asks, "why is this awful difference made between white and black?"