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Why is there controversy surrounding the title “And Then There Were None”?

April 26, 2017controversy surrounding title

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Why is there controversy surrounding the title “And Then There Were None”?

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A. The original title Ten Little Niggers carries potentially offensive connotations today that it didn’t on original publication and that Agatha Christie never intended in the original. Agatha Christie Ltd therefore made the decision to use the title And Then There Were None – under which this novel was actually first published in the USA in 1940 – in order to avoid causing any potential offence and to maintain consistency worldwide.