(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION SLAVE NARRATIVES) ANDERSON JOHN John

Sale 2308 - Lot 135

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--SLAVE NARRATIVES.) ANDERSON, JOHN. John Anderson, a slave from the state of Missouri. Albumen print from a carte-de-visite, clipped and affixed to a matte; beneath the image is his signature, presumably clipped from the bottom of the original mount, with a later, more refined example of his signature beneath that. Nicely matted. [Liberia?, circa 1870's]

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John Anderson was a slave from Missouri. In 1853 he was sold to a new owner who forbade him to visit his wife (belonging to someone else). Finding this intolerable, Anderson escaped and made his way Canada, where he was arrested. His case was taken up by the Abolitionists on both sides of the border, and he was finally released on a technicality. On Christmas eve, 1862, he sailed to Liberia. Nothing more of him is known. There does exist a published narrative of Anderson's life (London: Harper Twelvetrees, 1863.)