Free Man Almost Re-Enslaved

Jim, once a slave of late Miss Watson of St. Petersburg, MO, was freed in her will when she passed away. However, Jim was unaware of this because he was several hundred miles down the Mississippi River. He was turned in by two swindlers named Duke and Dauphin, who had seen a flyer for a missing slave, though not Jim. Jim spent several weeks in captivity with the Phelps family. Before this incident, Jim had been traveling down the Mississippi River with Huckleberry Finn. Finn and his friend Tom Sawyer made several brave attempts to rescue Jim from the Phelps'. In the end, Sawyer was shot while evacuating Jim, and told Jim of his freedom.