“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:
throughout the world, is identified with the
great reform:
this narrative, affording another
key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
is respectfully dedicated.