The late Joe Carter tells the back story of a well-known spiritual.
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The late Joe Carter tells the back story of a well-known spiritual.
The late Joe Carter tells the back story of a well-known spiritual.
The late Joe Carter tells the back story of a well-known spiritual.
Photo by Ibrahim Iujazen/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0
As we begin Black History Month, here’s a letter from 1865 making the rounds. In it, Jourdan Anderson, a former slave, responds to his former master Colonel P.H. Anderson, who had written to invite him back to the plantation — this time, with pay.
