Petersburg- A small town along the river that Huck lives in with the Widow and Miss Watson, and where he feels suffocated by the civilized forces of the sister. After he is kidnapped by his father and taken to the woods he feels much better, and this sense of liberation lasts until. His father begins to abuse him while drunk. Eventually he escapes from the town completely by making his way to a nearby island. Unlike how it would be with most children who run away from home, Huck never feels any sort of home-sickness. He never expresses any desire to go back to his origin, but instead he wishes to make his way to the ultimate frontier of the West where his adventurous spirit cannot be tied down.
4. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set in the United States during the time of the 1830s and 40s which was before the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. The novel is set in the South, where slavery was more abundant and a fact of life. However, the way that slaves were treated in the various states changed to some degree, but overall they were regarded not as humans but rather as something to be owned by the master, a property that could be bought and sold. Slaves were absolutely forbidden to run away, and if they were caught they faced severe punishment such as lashing and other worse