Primary sources in history had provided one’s experience during a time period where things are changing, both good and bad. The primary source documents that will be looked at, a letter written by a former slave Jourdan Anderson who wrote a letter to his former master after he wrote a letter to Jourdan Anderson saying that he wanted him to work for him again. The other primary source document is Speeches by Indian Leaders, though speeches and statements by Nez Perce Chief Joseph will be analyzed. Chief Joseph said these speeches on the struggle for him and his people. The two individuals in these sources endured a struggle for freedom. The lives of these two individuals’ struggle for freedom will be seen how Jourdan Anderson’s struggle for freedom was gained, while Chief Joseph’s struggle for freedom was tragic. Jourdan Anderson was originally a slave who worked for Colonel Anderson as the letter does mentions that he obtained his “free papers”. Jourdan Anderson stated he obtained his “free papers in 1864” (Anderson 2). This shows significance on how his free papers were a huge step on having …show more content…
Jourdan Anderson stated he got “twenty five dollars a month that came with clothing and food. He had a home for his family to live” (Anderson 2). Jourdan Anderson might have emphasized the wage because slaves were not paid. Money could have been a sign of freedom to him. Jordan Anderson stated “African Americans had no pay day in Tennessee as they were livestock” (Anderson 2). Therefore, Jourdan Anderson could have seen money as Jourdan Anderson requested in the letter that Colonel Anderson had to give him and his wife the wages they deserved. Jourdan Anderson stated Colonel Anderson had to give them “eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars” with a few deductions in the mail as a condition for Colonel Anderson to prove that things would be better working for him (Anderson