My name is Betty, and I am an African American slave, I have very nice owners, unlike my other friends. But over the years I have picked cotton and then had to pick the seeds out by hand, it is very stressful and not fun. Their is good news to come! I have heard through the grapevine that their is a new invention called a cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney. When Eli was 12, he made a violin, he was born to be good with tools. He went to Yale College. The cotton gin was a machine that seperates the seeds from raw cotton fibers. It is so easy and it took a little while to get used to but in the long run it saved a lot of time!
As a nation, the cotton gin has made our economy more effective. A nation means working together and helping others out. We have similar customs, origins, and we are organized under an independent government. Clearly we as slaves, are very glad that Eli Whitney invented the cottton gin to help us out.
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I can't believe your master would allow such an affront to our culture as to teach you to read and write and allow you to learn so much about a white man other than him! How did you learn this?! TELL ME GIRL!!!
A concerned citizen,
Corey Andrews
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