WHOSE NAME,THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE GREAT REFORM:THIS NARRATIVE,AFFORDING ANOTHER KEY TO Uncle Tom's Cabin,IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
"Such dupes are men to custom,and so prone
To reverence what is ancient,and can plead
A course of long observance for its use,
That even servitude,the worst of ills,
Because delivered down from sire to son,
Is kept and guarded as a sacred thing.
But is it fit,or can it bear the shock
Of rational discussion,that a man
Compounded and made up,like other men,
Of elements tumultuous,in whom lust
And folly in as ample measure meet,
As in the bosom of the slave he rules,
Should be a despot absolute,and boast
Himself the only freeman of his land?"
—Cowper.
