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Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson or Jourdon Anderson (December 1825 – April 15, 1907)〔 was an African-American former slave noted for a letter he dictated, known as "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master". It was addressed to his former master, Colonel P. H. Anderson, in response to the Colonel's request that Jordan return to the plantation to help restore the farm after the disarray of the war. It has been described as a rare example of documented "slave humor" of the period and its deadpan style has been compared to the satire of Mark Twain.〔
== Biography ==
Anderson was born around 1825 somewhere in Tennessee.〔 By age 7 or 8, he was sold as a slave to General Paulding Anderson of Big Spring in Wilson County, Tennessee, and subsequently passed to the general's son Patrick Henry Anderson, probably as a personal servant and playmate as the two were of similar age. In 1848, Jordan Anderson married Amanda (Mandy) McGregor. The two eventually would have eleven children together. In 1864, Union Army soldiers camped on the Anderson plantation and freed Jordan Anderson, who subsequently settled in Dayton, Ohio.〔 There he found work as a servant, janitor, coachman, or hostler, until 1894, when he became a sexton, probably at the Wesleyan Methodist Church; a position he held until his death.〔 He died in Dayton on April 15, 1907 of "exhaustion" at 81 years old, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, one of the oldest "garden" cemeteries in the United States.〔 Amanda died April 12, 1913; she is buried next to him.〔
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