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English: A dictated letter to his former slave master as it appeared in contemporary newspapers. It has been considered a Mark Twain-style piece of brilliant sarcasm even through it came from an illiterate ex-slave. |
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| Source | New York Tribune, Tuesday August 22, 1865 |
| Author | As was dictated to the Cincinnati Commercial by former slave Jordan Anderson (various spellings can be found) |
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| current | 17:49, 10 January 2018 | | 713 × 799 (233 KB) | Opencooper | slightly higher res |
| 05:27, 17 July 2012 |  | 580 × 650 (209 KB) | Dougie WII~commonswiki |
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