That Former Slave Who Wrote His Ex-Master Never Went Back to Him Some wonderful Internet sleuthing has given a happy ending to the feel-good Internet story of the week -- the one where in which an ex-master asked an ex-slave to return to him and the ex-slave refused. On Monday Letters of Note published this gem of a correspondence between Jourdon Anderson, a freed slave in 1865 who had been asked by his former master to return to Tennessee from Ohio as a paid ...
Slave who spoke from beyond the grave An extraordinary letter written by an emancipated slave to his former owner ridiculing his request for him to return to work on a Tennessee plantation after the Civil War has become an internet sensation.
Liquor store boss accused of paying slave labour wages Slave labour allegations have been leveled at an Auckland liquor store boss over his "shocking" treatment of 12 new immigrant workers.The workers at the centre of the allegations were all new immigrants from India and the Philippines...
From slave to army nurse: Southern Indiana exhibit profiles Lucy Higgs Nichols A new, permanent exhibit that opened Saturday at the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany chronicles the extraordinary life of a woman born into slavery who ultimately received a nurse's pension from the U.S.
Retort of free slave to former owner discovered after 150 years The dignified retort of a free slave to his former owner has been rediscovered 150 years after it was first used to illustrate the tensions between blacks and whites following the American Civil War.
New exhibit explores Jefferson's slave ownership Thomas Jefferson wrote "all men are created equal" to declare U.S. independence from Britain, yet he was a lifelong slave owner who freed only nine of his more than 600 slaves during his lifetime.
Bookworm: 'Slave in the White House ' tells sordid presidential history It was the best seat in the house. From where you were, you could see it all: every footstep, gesture, movement, and every player there. Looks of joy, grimaces, and effort, you saw them all. You didn't miss anything from where you were sitting.
The slave who spoke from beyond the grave An extraordinary letter written by an emancipated slave to his former owner ridiculing his request for him to return to work on a Tennessee plantation after the Civil War has become an internet sensation.
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