Dear Beverly:
The word "nigger" is used 214 times in the first edition of Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn. This information comes from an in-house database listing
every usage of every word in the first edition. The database breaks it down
to "nigger" (157 times, including illustration page and contents, but not
caption and page heading); "nigger-cabins" (1); "nigger-head" (1);
"niggers" (49); and "nigger's" (6). If you include the caption and the page
heading, the total is 216. In addition, the word appears twice in the "raft
episode" as published in Life on the Mississippi.

All best,
Vic Fischer
Mark Twain Project