Tom Sawyer’s aunt and uncle, respectively, who are both good people and parents, upstanding members of their community, and yet who troublingly support the institution of slavery, exemplified by their detainment of Jim. Huck and Tom trick the Phelpses when preparing for Jim’s escape, much to Aunt Sally’s fury and Uncle Silas’s innocent befuddlement. Aunt Sally offers to adopt Huck at the end of the novel, but he refuses to be “sivilized” by anyone.
Sally and Silas Phelps Quotes in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn quotes below are all either spoken by Sally and Silas Phelps or refer to Sally and Silas Phelps. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 43
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But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it. I been there before.
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Sally and Silas Phelps Character Timeline in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Chapter 31
...across a boy who tells him that Jim has been captured and taken to Silas Phelps’ farm. Huck also learns that it was the king who turned Jim in for forty...
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...letter to Tom Sawyer asking him to tell Miss Watson that Jim is at the Phelps’ farm so Jim can at least be with his family, but decides that Miss Watson...
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...he’s sure the duke is no longer watching, Huck turns around and heads for the Phelps’ farm.
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Chapter 32
Huck arrives at the Phelps’ and feels lonesome, because the droning of bugs and quivering of leaves make it feel...
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...dogs to scram. The slave is followed by two black children, a white woman ( Aunt Sally ), and two white children, who, Huck notes, respond to him in the same way...
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The woman who welcomes Huck is called Aunt Sally . She takes Huck inside where she questions him about his trip, such that Huck...
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...he could accidentally blow Huck’s cover, so Huck decides to meet him. He tells the Phelpses that he’s going to fetch his baggage from where he hid it, and heads out.
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Chapter 33
...begins to ask Huck about his recent adventures. Huck tells Tom that he’s at the Phelps’ farm to rescue Jim, and Tom, after thinking a bit, enthusiastically decides to help Huck...
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Huck returns to the Phelps’ too quickly after meeting Tom, but Uncle Silas, whom Huck considers the “innocentest, best old...
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...chats, lying very fluently, and at one point he goes so far as to kiss Aunt Sally on the mouth. Aunt Sally jumps up and scolds Tom, even picking up her spinning-stick...
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Later, one of the Phelps boys asks Uncle Silas if he can go to “‘the show’,” but Uncle Silas says...
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Chapter 34
Tom deduces that Jim must be imprisoned in a hunt on the Phelps’ property, based on the fact that a slave (Nat) goes to that hut with human...
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Huck and Tom survey the Phelps’ farm and think of ways to bust Jim out of the hut. Tom decides that...
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Chapter 35
...thinks this plan is unnecessary, but Tom disagrees. Huck gives in, but cautions Tom that Aunt Sally will be greatly displeased to find that the boys have torn up her sheets. Huck...
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Chapter 36
Jim tells the boys that Uncle Silas comes into the hut once in a while to pray with him, and that Aunt...
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Chapter 37
...the boys go down to breakfast, hiding a spoon for Jim to write with in Uncle Silas ’s pocket and nails in his hat, only to find Aunt Sally livid that things...
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Uncle Silas finds the nail in his hat but doesn’t mention it. Tom recognizes that Uncle Silas...
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Huck and Tom steal another spoon, but pretend that Aunt Sally miscounted how many there were to cover their tracks. Tom tells Aunt Sally that, even...
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Chapter 39
...Tom says that he and Huck need to write an anonymous letter to warn the Phelpses that someone is going to try to rescue Jim. Huck mildly protests but soon gives...
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Chapter 40
The Phelps family is troubled and anxious after receiving the anonymous letter Tom wrote. Tom and Huck...
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...the sitting room, Huck is surprised to see fifteen farmers, all with guns. Huck wishes Aunt Sally would get through with him so he can tell Tom about the farmers and commence...
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Chapter 41
...and Jim are to prevent the doctor from exposing Jim to capture, but bumps into Uncle Silas as he sets out. Eventually, Uncle Silas takes Huck home, much to Aunt Sally’s relief.
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At the Phelps house, neighbors are gathered, talking about how crazy it is that Jim made inscriptions in...
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Aunt Sally grows increasingly worried that “Sid” (i.e., Tom) hasn’t come home yet. Huck volunteers to fetch...
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Chapter 42
The next morning, as Huck and the Phelpses sit around the breakfast table, Aunt Sally sees Tom on a mattress along with the...
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Tom begins to recover, and comes fully to as Aunt Sally and Huck sit at his bedside. He joyfully recounts to an incredulous Aunt Sally how...
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...to Aunt Sally’s delight. She reveals Tom and Huck’s true identities, and tells the disgruntled Phelpses all about Huck. She also confirms that Miss Watson had set Jim free two months...
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Chapter 43
Jim is unchained, and the Phelpses and Aunt Polly, upon learning how Jim helped Tom, take very good care of the...
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...was hard work. He says that he needs to head out to the Territory soon; Aunt Sally is going to try to “sivilize” him, which he can’t stand, because, he says, “I...
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