Slavery In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Martin Luther King Jr. once said. “ I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.” Dr. King expressed his emotions about slavery. He wanted us to all be friends, be equal and get along with each other. Throughout the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, slavery was revealed by many of the characters such as Widow Douglas, Jim and Huck Finn. Huck does not look upon Jim as property, and Jim acknowledges Hucks kindness towards him. Mark Twain journeys through the theme of slavery with the relationship Jim has with Huck helping him run away from slavery, the Duke and the King using Jim as if he

Petersburg using the help of Huck and the Mississippi River guiding them to Jim’s freedom. Huck and Jim find each other on Jackson Island and are both starving. Jim starts a fire while Huck goes out in search for food. Both Jim and Huck eat the catfish that Huck brings back to the fire. Jim informs Huck about why he is on the island. “ Well one night I creeps to de do’ pooty late, en de do’ warn’t quite shet, en I hear old missus tell de widder she gwyne sell me down to New Orleans, but she didn't’ want to, but she could get eight hundred dollars for me, en it ‘uz sich a big stack o’ money she couldn’ resis’ (43).” Jim has a bad feeling that he did not want to face again. He is a slave that has been through being sold before and decided it was not worth staying anymore so he ran off. The King and the Duke treat Jim as he is their own

Jim thought he was going to be free and just run away from slavery until Huck and Jim meet the two men along the way to Cairo to get Jim his freedom. The Duke and King are not friendly to Jim. Dr. King said in his speech he wanted former slaves and slave owners to sit down and have a meal. The Duke and the King tie Him up to the raft Huck and Jim come on and post signs that say he is their slave and not to touch him. ¨Now says the duke, ¨after the to-night we can run in the daytime if we want to. Whenever we see anybody coming we tie Jim hand and foot with a rope, and lay him in a wigwam and show this handbill and say we captured him up the river, and were to poor to travel on a steamboat, so we got this little this little raft on credit from our friends, and are going down to get the reward (134). ¨ They were treated unequal and it shows that they treat their guests as slaves and do not see them as equal. Also more racial conflicts are revealed through the actions of aunt Sally chaining Jim in the