Laurence Fishburne reads a former slave's incredible letter to his old master
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Laurence Fishburne reads a former slave's incredible letter to his old master
In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work on his now ailing plantation. Jourdon's magnificent reply, performed here by none other than Laurence Fishburne at Letters Live at The Town ...
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