Huck and Miss Liberty

Imagine a small raft amid the flotilla of tall ships

You don't know about me without your having read a book by the name of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but that ain't no matter. A lot of school- taught folks been talkin' about that story since Mark Twain made it up, about me and Jim floatin' on our raft down that monstrous big river, and Jim escapin' from slavery and me hiding him out. They say I did a big heroic thing in helpin' Jim get free, but that weren't it. Truth is, Jim helped me git free, 'cause if he hadn't made me realize that it was better to...

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