In addition, this article also reveals what is at stake for the American literary community if we believe that the character and voice of Huck Finn were based on Afro -Americans and their vernacular. The character of Huck Finn helped create the colloquial style in American literature and the assertion that Huck Finn is black immediately calls into question the American character of the literary phenomenon of "American colloquial style" and reveals that Twain's decision to have the African-American roots of Huck Finn. disguised as a white child erases African-American influences from his work. In essence, Twain is essentially re-appropriating African American influences and presenting Huck Finn and these linguistic stylizations of African American culture as belonging to white culture.