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We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have done to me and my fathers, in making us toil for you for generations without recompense. Here I draw my wages every Saturday night; but in Tennessee there was never any pay-day for the negroes any more than for the horses and cows. Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire.
— Jordan Anderson
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have done to me and my fathers, in making us toil for you for generations without recompense. Here I draw my wages every Saturday night; but in Tennessee there was never any pay-day for the negroes any more than for the horses and cows. Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson (December 1825 – April 15, 1907) was a former slave noted for a letter he dictated in response his previous owner's request for him to return to his service.
About Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson (December 1825 – April 15, 1907) was a former slave noted for a letter he dictated in response his previous owner's request for him to return to his service.
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