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<p>ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - This combination picture shows an undated image of Jordon Anderson, left, and the beginning of a letter dated Aug. 7, 1865 from Jordan Anderson to his former master, Patrick H. Anderson, published in the Cincinnati Commercial newspaper. Jordon Anderson was a former slave who was freed from a Tennessee plantation by Union troops in 1864 and spent his remaining 40 years in Ohio. He lived quietly and likely would have been forgotten, if not for the remarkable letter published shortly after the Civil War. (AP Photo)</p>

<p>ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - This combination picture shows an undated image of Jordon Anderson, left, and the beginning of a letter dated Aug. 7, 1865 from Jordan Anderson to his former master, Patrick H. Anderson, published in the Cincinnati Commercial newspaper. Jordon Anderson was a former slave who was freed from a Tennessee plantation by Union troops in 1864 and spent his remaining 40 years in Ohio. He lived quietly and likely would h…

July 15, 2012

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How did ex-slave's letter to master come to be?
July 15, 2012 9:15 p.m.

How did ex-slave's letter to master come to be?

NEW YORK - The photograph, scratched and undated, is captioned "Brother Jordan Anderson." He is a middle-aged black man with a long beard and a righteous stare, as if he were a preacher locking eyes with a sinner, or a judge about to dispatch a thief to the gallows.