Huck Finn - "A Scholar Finds Huck Finn's Voice in Twain's Writing About a Black Youth"

Anthony DePalma wrote an article, A Scholar Finds Huck Finn's Voice in Twain's Writing About a Black Youth arguing that probably Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn inspired on  a ten year old black servant he met before writting the book. Probably that is true because Huck could be related to a black servant back in the racist era by his lifestyle.

Eventhough Huck was living with Ms. Watson and the Widow he was "away from his family" and some slaves were away from their families. At the begining of the book I can relate Huck with a slave. It can be interpreted in the scene that his dad takes him to the small house they had and locks him in and it was hard for him to escape. Slaves were not able to escape from their owners and it was hard for them to escape. He also took Huck`s money "His lawyer said he reckoned he would win his lawsuit and get the money" (Twain 31), slaves did not earn money and Huck had money but his dad took it all away.

Jim was the runaway slave that escaped with Huck. However Huck could be considered as a slave because he also was a runaway and wanted freedom from Mrs. Watson and the Widow. Acording to DePalma I actually can see a relation between Huck and a slave, the only difference is the skin color.