In Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck helps Jim escape slavery. Everett’s book provides Jim’s story, and there is much to admire in his writing. First, it is an adventure story of survival. Second, there is some dark humor as Jim utilizes a “correct incorrect grammar” when speaking as a slave, And third, the brutal context of pre-Civil War slavery is shown graphically with ugly cruelty directed to “black property”. What compels people to behave inhumanely?
What David Read 