Topic > The theme of racism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

This novel also has a lot to do with the 13th amendment, so it helps children learn about the history of the Constitution too. “but when they told me there was a state in this country where they would let that nigger vote, I backed away. I say I will never vote again.”(Ch.6 p.27) This quote teaches children something about when black Americans could vote, it also teaches something about when slavery was abolished.. “Well, I did. I said I wouldn't do it and I'll stick to that. Honest Indian, I will. People call me a low-level abolitionist and despise me for keeping quiet, but that makes no difference. I'm not going to say it, and I'm not going back there anyway.” (Ch.8 p.43) This quote introduces children to Abolitionists during the early 1880s. Abolitionists were instrumental in getting slavery abolished in the Constitution in the 13th Amendment. “Jim said being so close to freedom made him all shaky and feverish. Well, I can tell you that hearing it made me tremble and feverish, because I was starting to get it into my head that he was absolutely free - and who was to blame? Why, me.” (Ch.16 p.87) This quote informs the children about how there were several free states and how great an impact freedom had on people. It also shows some of Huckleberry Finn's pain