Is Huckleberry Finn A Racist Book?

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this story took place. A white person could have been prosecuted if caught trying to escape with slaves. Mainly what they are trying to put across here is that how could Mark Twain be a racist when all of his characters (with the exception of a few) are kind and loving towards their slaves?
“Because of his upbringing, the boy starts out believing that slavery is part of the natural order; but as the story unfolds he wrestles with his conscience, and when the crucial moment comes he decides he will be dammed to the flames of hell rather than betray his black friend. And Jim, as Twain presents him, is hardly a caricature, rather, he is the moral center of the book, a man of courage and nobility, who risks his freedom – risks his life – for the sake of his friend Huck.”
“Huckleberry Finn knew, as did Mark Twain [Ellison wrote], that Jim was not only a slave but a human being [and] a symbol of humanity…and in freeing Jim, Huck makes a bid to free himself of the conventionalized evil ...

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