The Sambo Stereotype was a popular idea of many people during the 1800’s-1900’s. The media was showing African Americans as dumb and naive, especially in the TV and literature market. Whites did not think of African- Americans as people and most shared the same ideas as the books and cartoons of the time. Mark Twain was an active abolitionist and wanted to display the obscurity of these thoughts. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shows Jim and other slaves as unintelligent to show just how ludicrous these racial stereotypes were. When looking at a dead body, Jim does not understand that he is dead and says, “hello, you” (Twain 43), then Huck scolds him. The very fact that Huck and Jim have a friendship and bond upsets many because of
