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"IT IS A SINGULAR COINCIDENCE, THAT SOLOMON NORTHUP WAS CARRIED TO A PLANTATION IN THE RED RIVER COUNTRY - THAT SAME REGION WHERE THE SCENE OF UNCLE TOM'S CAPTIVITY WAS LAID - AND HIS ACCOUNT OF THIS PLANTATION, AND THE MODE OF LIFE THERE, AND SOME INCIDENTS WHICH HE DESCRIBES, FORM A STRIKING PARALLEL TO THAT HISTORY."
Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, p.174.

TO
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
WHOSE NAME,
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE
GREAT REFORM:
THIS NARRATIVE, AFFORDING ANOTHER
Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin,
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED