Sanders or Alexander was an American Indian man who resided in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina by 1685. Sanders was likely born in New England, and may have been a Wampanoag, Narragansett, Wabanaki, or a member of another American Indian Nation that opposed the colonists during King Philip's War, as he was brought to North Carolina by Joshua Lamb a colonial veteran of that war who later became a merchant.

Lamb sold Sanders as an indentured servant to Joseph Scott and when Scott died in 1685, Sanders' indenture transferred to Scott's wife Mary. When Sanders burned his indenture contract after Joseph's death, Mary made him sign a new one, this one for a term of eighty years. When Mary Scott died in 1692, Sanders' indenture transferred to her daughter Juliana Hudson Taylor. Sanders agreed to serve Juliana for a term of twelve years. Thirteen years later in 1705, Sanders still found himself indentured and sued Juliana in court, arguing that he ought to be released from the terms of his contract. The court found in Sanders favor and he became a free man.

Sanders continued to appear on Perquimans tax records as a free man through 1715. Though often referred to as Alex or Alexander in court records, later records suggest that he preferred and used the name Sanders.