In 1984, society has become limited. Everything you do, your feelings, your thoughts, all are controlled by the government. Maybe it sounds horrible to you, but things are better this way, better than they were before. Right?
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town.