When Huck joined Jim, he struggled to reconcile his actions as a white man with the goals of a runaway slave. Jim was determined to reach the free states along the Ohio River. Huck often found himself having to choose between following the rules of white society or his moral conscience to help Jim escape to freedom. In several instances Huck felt guilty as a low-level abolitionist. He feared he was violating Mrs. Watson's property rights by not reporting Jim. Huck's guilt was further compounded when Jim told Huck that his plans for freedom eventually included freeing his wife and children (Twain pg. 124,125). At first Huck reconciled these feelings by arguing that he had not yet turned Jim in, but that he still could. So, Huck attempted to free himself from his guilt by deciding to report Jim in the next town over. However, every time Huck was presented with the opportunity to turn Jim in, he chose to protect him. One example Jim noted was when Huck lied to the two slave catchers upriver. Huck told him that his sick family was on the raft to keep them from wandering off looking for Jim (Twain pag..