Why Did The Runaway Slavery In Huck Finn

One of the most important places about Huck Finn History, is around the Mississippi River. During the early 19th century, with the introduction of larger, high-pressure engines and more streamlined hulls, the steamboats extended their range as general economic forces created and continued to drive it. People around Mississippi started to have many river trades, farms phosphorus pollution by soil animals, cities built on single crops, and people farmed crops, wheat, and cotton. Gambling also became very popular between the workers who work in the river. The steamboats brought an era of unprecedented prosperity to the river. At this point, Mississippi became economic overlord to half the country. However, in 1861, the Civil War came. A sharp struggle for control of this vital waterway ensued immediately.When it was the culmination, they were helped by the fortified gunboats and armoured steamers of the Union. So they need more and more river pilots! (Mark Twain was a famous one.) Mississippi River Pilots is responsible for guiding ships along the Mississippi River, including across the bar from the Gulf of Mexico, through the shifting …show more content…
Usually, people have ways to find out the runaway slavery or the slavery became to other people’s slavery but still a slavery. If the masters find out the runaway slavery they always gave them punishment, beat them or hit them is a normal way for their punishment. But the consequences change a little bit over time, slaves was caught may be abused but not like hit them heavily. Some people at that time not really care about slavery because they may be the masters, and other people may cared about it but cannot really do something to change it. Twain portrayed this issue in many ironies and this is a book related. It’s a great book and hope you can enjoy it more after knowing these