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Jordan Anderson Letter To My Old Master

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"To My Old Master" is an incredible letter penned by former slave Jordan Anderson to his old master, who apparently wanted Jordan to come back to the plantation to work. With clever irony Anderson compares and contrasts his new life as a free man to his days as a slave as he basically gives his old master the finger. He begins his letter in a friendly manner saying that he was glad that his old master had not forgotten him and that he was glad that he wanted him to come back and live with him again, contrasting it with the admission that he had often felt uneasy about him and continues to describe his master harbouring Rebels and murdering a Union soldier. His letter outlines the life of dignity that he was leading in Ohio- school, wages,

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