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Jordan Anderson
Author of the 1865 Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master
For the NASCAR driver, see Jordan Anderson (racing driver). For the namesake of Jordan's Principle in Canadian First Nations government policy, see Jordan River Anderson.
Jourdon Anderson | |
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Author of the 1865 Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master | |
| Born | Jourdon Anderson December 1825 Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 1905(1905-04-15) (aged 79)[1] Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Amanda "Mandy" McGregor (m. 1848) |
| Children | 11 |
Jordan Anderson or Jourdon Anderson (December 1825 – April 15, 1905) was an African-Americanformer slave noted for an 1865 letter he dictated, later titled by publishers as "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master".
It was addressed to his former master, Colonel P. H. Anderson, from whom Jordan Anderson had taken his surname,