"Jordan Anderson's Literary Response"

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Jordon Anderson

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Formerly enslaved man's response to his 'master' wanting him back is a literary masterpiece

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In 1825 , Jordan Anderson (sometimes spelled " Jordon ") was sold into slavery and would live as a servant of the Anderson family for 39 years .

In 1864 , the Union Army camped out on the Anderson plantation and Jordan and his wife, Amanda , were liberated.

Jordan received a letter from his former owner, Colonel P.H. Anderson , asking him to return to work on the plantation because it had fallen into disarray during the war.

Jordan dictated his response through his new boss, Valentine Winters , and it was published in the Cincinnati Commercial .

If you fail to pay us for faithful labors in the past, we can have little faith in your promises in the future.

Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire.

I would rather stay here and starve — and die, if it come to that — than have my girls brought to shame by the violence and wickedness of their young masters.

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Informative language

Neutral language

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informal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful