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Summary Of Speeches By Jour Dan Anderson

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The primary analysis documents is a letter written by a former slave named Jordan Anderson in 1865. He wrote the letter in response to a letter that his former master Colonel Anderson wrote to him. Colonel Anderson wrote the letter to Jourdan Anderson to request that he come back to work for him (Anderson). In response, Jourdan Anderson wrote his letter to write about his new life as a freed man and how it was better than working for Colonel Anderson and that if he was to come back and work for him, Colonel Anderson would have to comply with certain conditions. In the second document, Speeches by Indian leaders, Nez Perce chief Joseph did speeches about the struggle for freedom of his people. Jourdan Anderson and Chief Joseph struggled for …show more content…

A former slave Jourdan Anderson’s struggle for freedom was he had been a slave for many years and he finally obtained his freedom. In Jourdan Anderson’s letter, he wrote to his former master that he was doing fine as a freed man living in Ohio. One of the things Jourdan Anderson takes into account about being a freed man was his monthly wage. Jourdan Anderson stated that his monthly wage was “twenty-five dollars” (Anderson). During that time period, “twenty-five dollars” was considered at least a decent amount. Jourdan Anderson emphasized on the wage amount because he did not earn any money when he was a slave. Jourdan Anderson stated that there was not pay day for African American during the time when he was living in Tennessee (Anderson). Also, in the letter, Jordan Anderson seemed to stress the importance of education for his children like he mentions they were going to school (Anderson). Jourdan Anderson did write to Colonel Anderson asking him to state if there are schools for African-American …show more content…

In one speech, Chief Joseph mentioned the time when Lewis and Clark came into their territory and chief Joseph and his people treated them kindly like they even gave gifts to each other (Anderson). Chief Joseph was saying that his people were peaceful from the beginning. Then, in another speech, Chief Joseph spoke about how Chief Joseph and his people’s struggle for freedom started when the white people started discovering gold. Chief Joseph stated white people found the gold in the mountains and river and they even stole their stable horses and they never returned because Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce were Indians (Chief Joseph). This is one of the points that started the conflict as they were starting to lose their property as white people kept claiming it and felt

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