“Letter From a Freedman to His Old Master” in The Freedmen’s Book (1865)
Also titled "Jourdon Anderson Writes His Former Enslaver, 1865," this letter is frequently cited (for obvious reasons) as an example of how formerly enslaved individuals value their labor during reconstruction.
This letter was printed in The Freedmen’s Book, a textbook written and edited by L. Maria Child for the new freedmen’s schools. (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865,
