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Racism was an issue during the 1860's. Especially with Afican Americans, they didn't have the right to vote. This is an example of racism from the Adventures of Huck Finn: "Well, that let me out. Thinks I, what is the country a-coming to? It was 'lection day, and I was just about to go and vote myself if I warn't too drunk to get there; but when they told me there was a State in this country where they'd let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I'll never vote agin".(Ch.6/pg.32)

This is a good example of the racism that is used in the book. When pap found out that only one state let African Americans vote, he felt discriminated and decided not to vote again. He protested in a way because he did not vote.

Maybe African Americans didn't have the right to vote because of "Low Class" and because they were slaves. Mark Twain back then did't focus much on slavery, but on the racism that was going around bacause of different society and because of peoples different kinds of color.

This is another example of racism, in this scene Aunt Sally hears of a steamboat explosion: "Good gracious! anybody hurt?" she asks. "No'm,"comes the answer. "Killed a nigger." Aunt Sally later refers to the"nigger" as if they are not even a person, regarding the death as if it did not even matter.

"Old Miss.Watson died two months ago, and she was ashamed she ever was going to sell him down the river, and said so; and she let him free in her will."(pg.290)

This is a great example of racism that whites were demonstrating against blacks, not totally noticable, but still offensive. This quote is a good example that was used in a form of ignorance of the white characters in this novel. Why? because Tom Sawyer had been playing Jim all along just for fun.Jim could have died because of Tom's immatuarity. This shows the lack of respect and care that whites had towards blacks. Also by using the word "nigger" in this novel, it shows and tells us the ignorance that whites had, back then. The use of the word "N" was constantly used by white adults and even children. The only racist remark in this book were whites insulting blacks by calling them "N" because it's a vulgar word.