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A Formerly Enslaved Man Roasted His Former Master In A Classic Letter

Today in 1865, newspapers published "Letter From A Freedman To His Old Master," Jordan Anderson's note perfect response to a guy who probably shouldn’t have written to him in the first place. 

Elizabeth Freeman Makes Herself A Free Woman

An enslaved woman in 18th century Massachusetts overheard all the talk about freedom and equality and decided it should be put to the test.