Slavery In Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

Slavery was a major institution that was thriving within the South during the 1840’s. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about a young boy named Huck, living in the 1840 's during this period of time slavery was considered a moral act and served as a wealthy addition to everyday lives. Therefore, Twain makes slavery a focal point throughout his novel. During the novel, Huck encounters a runaway slave named Jim who then becomes a very crucial asset to the plotline. As the story progresses Huck begins to mature and realize society for what it really is. Slavery has been in U.S history since day one although slavery has dissipated from daily life in the U.S it was only just recently that Americans had stopped the practice of owning other human beings as property. Mark Twain accurately and …show more content…
To begin with, in the 1840’s African Americans were subjected into being property for white people. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain leads us on an expedition that portrays that Africans were labeled as property. For instance, when Huck is looking for Jim he runs into a young boy who states, “Well, I reckon! That’s two hundred dollars reward on him. It’s like pickin up money out’n the road” (Twain 211). Jim is originally