Soon Huck met up with Jim, "Miss. Watson's big nigger- (Twain 6). Huck learned that Jim had run away from Miss. Watson because he heard news that she was going to sell him down the river. As the days go by, Jim and Huck develop an inseparable relationship that withholds honor for each other, and no indifference. This is evident when two men approach their raft, and Huck lies to the men in order to protect Jim from being captured, "It's the -a "the "well, it ain't anything much- (Twain 88). Huck knew that he could have listened to his conscience which told him "What did that poor old woman do to you that you could treat her so mean- (Twain 84). He could have turned Jim in, but Huck's honor and his inseparable relationship with him influenced him to choose the honorable decision. At this point, Huck has made a commitment to Jim, he was obligated to help Jim achieve his dream, become a free man. The relationship and honor that developed between Huck and Jim would not have been possible without slavery. Huck was on the run in order to live a life of freedom, just as Jim was on the run to attain his freedom. Towards the end of the novel, slavery is highly emphasized. When Huck sees the black slaves being separated from their family members, he actually feels sadness for them, "I thought them poor girls and them niggers would break their hearts for grief; they cried around each other, and took on so it most made me down sick to see it- (Twain 176). In the novel, slavery was used to reveal the deepest emotions, and uncover the true characteristics of the main characters. .
Slavery, although an appalling and inhumane practice, has stood the test of time. Slaveholding has occurred all throughout history spanning an uncountable number of cultures. For instance, in the story of Moses, thousands of Jews are enslaved by the Egyptians and were forced to perform backbreaking labor (Valenzuela).