in 1853, stowe published "a key to uncle tom's cabin". this was to show the people who had criticized the novel's description of slavery that it was true. in the book, stowe writes about the important characters in "uncle tom's cabin" and about people in real life who were like them. through this book, she writes a more "aggressive attack on slavery in the south than the novel itself had". like the novel, "a key to uncle tom's cabin" was also a best-seller. however, many of the works in "a key to uncle tom's cabin" was read by stowe after she published her novel.