Well, let us remember that Jim and Huck did not
deliberately go pass Cairo. They wanted to reach this place, but only realise later that
they probably passed it unawares during the very thick fog that came down on them as
they were on the river. Even though Huck feels very ambivalent about reaching Cairo
because he is not sure if it is wrong to allow Jim to achieve freedom, he is just as
surprised as Jim is when they realise their mistake. Note how they establish that they
passed Cairo:
When it was daylight, here was the clear Ohio
water inshore, sure enough, and outside was the old regular Muddy! So it was all up with
Cairo.
Thus we can see that,
through an innocent mistake, Jim and Huck went past Cairo during the fog and sailed on
down South, where Jim would not be able to gain his freedom and would remain a runaway
slave.
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