While living quite comfortably in the wilderness along the Mississippi, Huck encounters Miss Watson's slave Jim on an island called Jackson's Island. Huck learns that Jim has also run away after he overheard Miss Watson's plan to sell Jim downriver, where conditions for slaves were even harsher, because he would bring a price of $800.

Jim is trying to make his way to Cairo, Illinois and then to Ohio, a free state, so he can buy his family's freedom. At first, Huck is conflicted over whether to tell someone about Jim's running away, but as they travel together and talk in depth, Huck begins to know more about Jim's past and his difficult life. As these conversations continue, Huck begins to change his opinion about people, slavery, and life in general ...

The guotes from this eBook:

- "That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it."

- "The average man don't like trouble and danger."

- "Human beings can be awful cruel to one another."

- "Just because you’re taught that something’s right and everyone believes it’s right, it don’t make it right."

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