Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, written in 1884. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry Finn runs away from his cruel father and begins a journey down the Mississippi River. Along the way, on one of the islands, he meets and befriends a Black man named Jim. After some time, due to circumstances, they are joined by two swindlers—the Duke and the King—who, on two occasions, enslave the runaway Jim again and, by staging fake theatrical performances in towns along the river, extort money from gullible people.