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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
I think "Ten Tittle Injuns" was in fact the earlier version. I understand it was much more popular in the US than in the UK (for obvious reasons), where "Ten Little Niggers" became the "standard" version.
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The original 1939 UK publication title was "Ten Little Niggers". The initial 1940 US publication title was "And Then There Were None", and the book has only ever been published in the US with that title.
The island on which the guests are murdered was "Nigger Island" in the UK and "Indian Island" is the US edition. Subsequently the UK edition was retitled "Ten Little Indians" and the island renamed to "Indian Island". Now, the book is titled "And Then There Were None" in both the UK and US, and the island is called "Soldier Island".