Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn And The Anti-Slavery Movement

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a story that portrays the adventures of a young boy named Huck and a runaway slave named Jim as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft. As they head south to Cairo, they run into numerous characters. During their trip, Huck must pick between what society has taught him about slaves and what his heart says in regards to helping his friend Jim. Through their relationship, Mark Twain was able to show the humanity in African Americans, and he helped make an impact in the anti slavery movement. Twain helped people change their perceptions on how they viewed slaves through this novel. Near the end of the novel, Jim is chained up after helping the doctor with Tom Sawyer’s gun shot wound. Many

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