“This narrative contains some incidents so extraordinary, that,
doubtless, many persons, under whose eyes it may chance to
fall, will be ready to believe that it is colored highly, to
serve a special purpose. But, however it may be regarded by the
incredulous, I know that it is full of living truths. I have been
well acquainted with the author from my boyhood. The circumstances
recounted in her history are perfectly familiar to me. I knew of
her treatment from her master; of the imprisonment of her children;
of their sale and redemption; of her seven years’ concealment;
and of her subsequent escape to the North. I am now a resident of
Boston, and am a living witness to the truth of this interesting
narrative.
George W. Lowther.”