February 02, 2012
To my old master
: from an emancipated slave to Colonel P.H. Anderson on being asked to return to Tennessee.
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Round of applause. That's brilliant. I love Letters of Note, always fascinating and/or quirky (this is probably my favourite of all time) but I keep forgetting to check it regularly - thanks for the reminder, polychrome!
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Good atuff
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That was awesome Mothninja - thanks for the link.
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I love that, but I do wonder about it's authenticity. Was sarcasm in such high usage back then?
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More info here: Freed by the Civil War
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I wonder if any slaves did return after they were freed if they were unable to make a living out in the world.
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It looks as though he lived to be 79. via
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Atlantic's In Focus has a whole buncha neato 3-D photos as well as other items of interest on the Civil War.