Troy Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 This popped to the top of my feed this afternoon, this was a worthwhile distraction. If this is indeed a letter from a formerly Black man. The brother was a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Troy You don't believe the Willie Lynch Letter was authentic, but you believe an ex-slave and his master became pen pals....lol. The first thing that got me about this presentation was wondering when enslaved people learned how to read and write. I know A FEW did, but it wasn't very common. The second thing was, presuming that the Col. was an officer in the Confederate Military.....why would he dignify his ex-slave by actually writing him a letter? Me personally, once I got away from that devil I'd have broken off ALL contact with him....except if I planned on sneaking back down to take care of unfinished "business". Other than that, I wouldn't be sending him mail and receiving letters from him so he could potentially track me down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Whether real or not, the letter is hilarious when the ex-slave runs the numbers and details how much cash he and his wife need to receive in order to return. Checkmate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Seeing "Furious Styles" with grey hair is starting to make me feel my age a little...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 It is not a matter of my personal belief, there is ample documentation to prove the Willy Lynch letter is an authentic @Pioneer1. not only was a formally enslaved brother literate he was extremely articulate and was good at math. The letter is dated August 1865. He was presumably freed shortly after the war ended in April of the same year any acquired all of these skills in a matter of months? That is why I said the brother must be a genius. In my opinion, and exchange like this seems highly unlikely. Now I don’t know if the letter was even presented as being written by an ex-slave at the event. I looked at the information provided with the YouTube video and it is indeed presented as an authentic letter. Jourdon Anderson, the former slave, escaped an 1864 they don’t say what month, but presumably he had a year to learn to write. However, it was said the letter was dictated, so that gets beyond the requirement to write, but it does not explain the vocabulary. It also does not explain how to general knew where to even send the letter. It is no doubt, humorous and powerful letter. I’m just not 100% convinced it is real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Never the less....it's a good read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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