This letter also shows the context in which a slave lived and the encounters with their masters that they dealt with every day. This letter also reveals the harsh reality of the South that few men and women wanted to believe at the time and shows the relationship between slave and master as a dictatorship. However, despite all the bad that has happened in Anderson's life, he is able to see the good in his new free life in Dayton, Ohio. Anderson explains to Colonel Anderson the positive things about his life after being freed, including how happy it made him that the community recognized her as Mrs. Anderson. He further states: “I receive 25 dollars a month, including food and clothes; have a comfortable home for Mandy….Milly, Jane and Grandy, they have gone to school and are learning well…” (Anderson, 474). Although Colonel Anderson had no interest in getting to know his family, this gives an idea of ​​how proud he was of the turning point in his life