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Racism/ Slavery In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By: Lenna Nguyen And Chestan James

Works Cited

Twain's Purpose

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” SparkNotes, SparkNotes, www.sparknotes.com/lit/huckfinn/themes.html.

History.com Staff. “Slavery in America.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery.

“Jim Crow Laws.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Oct. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws.

Twain, Mark. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". McdougalLittell.Evanston, 1997.Print

  • Wrote it as if it was 20 years ago.
  • He wanted to show how life for. African Americans had not changed
  • Showed how even though Africans were free they weren't truly free.
  • Shows how racism distorts the oppressors as much as the oppressed .

Pictures:

Back to history: Racism and Slavery during the Civil War

“How Agricultural Slavery Works in the United States.” TheMarginalized.com, 18 Feb. 2013, themarginalized.com/2010/09/08/how-agricultural-slavery-works-in-the-united-states/.

“Huck Finn.” Pinterest, 24 July 2013, www.pinterest.com/pin/113293746849145465/.

Examples From The Book

-Most slaves were made to be dependent on their owners.

-There were rules that restricted slaves from learning how to read and write. Where they went and how they acted were also limited.

-Slave owners were so brutal to the slaves, they started revolting. Few were successful, and it led to even more strict codes.

-Between 1830 and 1860, the movement to abolish slavery started its way in the northern United States. Usually led by free African Americans

- Whites were considered more superior than African Americans

-Jim, Miss. Watson's slave doesn't receive any education.

-Jim runs away because Miss. Watson was going to sell him.

-Jim hopes to be a free slave.

- The Grangerford's all had their own slave.

Cont.. Racism And Slavery in 1876 (The time he wrote it)

  • Federal laws were put in place to protect freed slaves.
  • The democrats were slowly taking control from the Southern Republicans.
  • Freedmen were allowed to vote.
  • The votes were still rigged though.
  • Violence against African Americans started to rise.

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