The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chapter 16

what does huck tell the slave catchers?, how does he get rid of them and why doesnt he tell jim about it?

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Huck tells the slavers his family are sick onboard the raft, and they assume the family suffers from smallpox. The men leave money and make Huck promise to stay away from their town. Huck doesn't tell Jim because he doesn't want them to know who they were.

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