Must Read: "To My Old Master" via Letters of Note

In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family — responded spectacularly by way of the letter seen below (a letter which, according to newspapers at the time, he dictated).

Rather than quote the numerous highlights in this letter, I’ll simply leave you to enjoy it. Do make sure you read to the end.

(Source: The Freedmen’s Book; Image: A group of escaped slaves in Virginia in 1862, courtesy of the Library of Congress.)

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    greatest things I have ever read. No joke.
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    Wiw, great read. Very appreciative of the life I live today due to how things were in the past
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    I strongly suggest reading the entire letter. When I’m not distracted by Being Human I will work on
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