In the struggles of Huckleberry Finn, there are two social forces acting upon him. The first being society and what was accepted and what wasn't. The second being his own morals and beliefs. At the time the union was torn and couldn't come together as a whole to decide something. During the time there were new lands added to the union, including Texas and California. The union had to decide whether the new lands would be free states or slave states. At the same time the capital, Washington D.C., not only allowed slavery but was the biggest slave market in North America. Also there was a new law coming into the union called the “fugitive salve law of 1850,” this was a new law that made all blacks scared to run away or be a “fugitive.” Also this law outlawed people from helping run away slaves.
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So this is what was going on during the time of Huckleberry Finn, society thought slavery was right, well most of society did, and that run away slaves should be punished and taken back to their
So this is what was going on during the time of Huckleberry Finn, society thought slavery was right, well most of society did, and that run away slaves should be punished and taken back to their