Although Mark Twain loved his Southern roots, he greatly detested the establishment of slavery and its prominence in the society in which he lived. Throughout his novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain criticizes the basis for slavery and those who attempt to justify its morality. As Huck travels down the Mississippi River, he discovers an increasing amount of not only falsities in society's perspective on blacks, but also its hypocrisies. Along with Huck, the reader grows increasingly indignant towards a society that imprisons and oppresses black people. Near the end of the novel, Huck decides to reject societal beliefs about...
belief in slavery in order to condemn slavery's purported religious roots.

Huck's thoughts prior to his decision to "go to hell" summarize all the events he encounters during the novel which contribute to the resolution of the novel's anti-slavery theme. While on his journey down the Mississippi River, Huck realizes the falsehoods, hypocrisies, and corruption that pervade the Southern institution of slavery. Twain also uses clever symbolism to convey his belief as to how prejudices negatively affect one's perceptions. Twain's novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, chronicles a story which maligns the pervasiveness of slavery and prejudice in Southern society.