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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