After getting back to The Plantation my father was very excited to see us, especially me. When our coach pulled onto our property I could see daddy running from our second-floor porch to the first. Our house was a huge white two-story house with a wrap around porch on each floor. We own 100 acres of farmland with mostly cotton and a few crops of soybeans, we also have a barn with ten horses and 20 chickens. In the house, we have 30 slaves working in the kitchen and doing the cleaning, the other 100 work outside in the fields. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYblQj4WYJ
    “How was New York?” I can hear daddy happily shout as our coach comes to a stop. I get out of the coach as fast as I can so I can hug him. Despite him being of the biggest slave owners in Alabama, I still missed him. He may be a monster to the slaves but he still loves his daughter and is nothing but loving towards me. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HCcsCb30B
    “It was amazing!” I exclaim. “Sorry, I didn't come back with a husband.” 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEyP4feXSP
    “It’s okay my flower. I’m just glad you're back home!” He said while giving me a huge hug. “Why don’t you all freshen up and we’ll have dinner.” daddy suggested after a few minutes of catching up. I agree and head up the stairs to my bedroom which is a huge room that is right next to daddy’s, it was a white room with light blue accents. My room had it’s own bathing room attached to it.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAshI9fG0gS
    When I got to my room I heard a knock on my door, I opened the door to find my best friend Ella along with my bags. I squealed and wrapped my arms around her giving her the warmest hug. “Your daddy said you were back home so I rushed up here to see you.” she explained like she actually needed to explain why she came up to my bedroom. Ella was a slave  who works in the house, we grew up together so I consider her to be my best friend. She was actually pretty lucky because she and her mama were sold together back when she was two years old. Her mama, Peggy or Miss Peggy as I like to call her, also works in the kitchen and cooks the majority of our meals. I love sitting in the kitchen talking with Miss Peggy, sometimes she lets me try my hand at cooking which never turns out well but she tells me that I just need to practice more. I am lucky to have Miss Peggy because she’s the closest mama I’ve ever had. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryM8PpFIOv
    “I missed you!” I exclaimed. “How is everything?” We talk and catch up for a few minutes but she has to get back to helping with dinner. She tells me how Jonathon, another slave, tried to run away and got punished in front of everyone. Sadly this isn't the first time our slaves have tried to escape but Jonathon got lucky because some of the slaves that try to run away get killed by the dogs. It’s a sicking sight when the overseers bring back a body that has bite marks and scratches all over it, sometimes the dogs tear it up so bad that you can’t even tell who the body once belonged to. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpvOh5DzOq
    I feel so bad for all the slaves, it must be hell not to be able to be free and do as they please. I wish I could help but anyone who tries to help gets in as much trouble as the slaves. I do my best to sneak Ella and Miss Peggy some delicious pastries from the bakery in town to make them happy. Every once in a while, I make sure I get them a little gift just to show I appreciate their hard work, no matter what I get them they have the biggest smile on their faces and are very thankful. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EigqyyGuq
    After getting cleaned up for dinner I went downstairs to our dining room that was meant to fit thirty people but tonight we only needed it for four people. Everyone was already down there waiting for me; it was very typical of me to be late for dinner so they were used to it. We had a wonderful dinner of roast beef, collard greens, and mashed potatoes which happened to be my favorite meal. I told daddy stories of New York making sure I left Robert out of those stories because I know he wouldn't have approved of him. Daddy is a big gossip so he told us about the happenings of the other rich folk around the area and their families. “I cannot believe it!” he proclaimed. “Susanne Hex,” The only daughter of Thomas Hex the mayor of the next town over. “Got pregnant out of wedlock! She’s still a child in my eyes, way too young to be having any relations.” I shake my head in disbelief, Susanne had always been a goody two shoes it’s funny to see she’s not as innocent as people made her out to be. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHBGklE3O0
    After dinner was over we retired into the parlor where Father read one of his favorite books while smoking his pipe , Auntie Nancy worked on her cross-stitching, and Catherine was writing. I decided it was time for me to get reacquainted with my piano. It’s been a while since I’ve played but I didn't miss a beat. I started taking piano lessons when I was five years old and picked it up really quickly. I love playing, it makes me feel like a fish in water. Whenever daddy has a party I play for him and his friends and they give me praise and compliments, which makes me feel good about myself. Sometimes when daddy is away on business I play for the slaves in the house which makes them really happy. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssuL4guVfk
    I went to bed a few hours after dinner because I was tired from the trip but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't sleep. I had one person running through my head keeping me awake. Robert. I kept wondering if he got my letter and if he has written back yet. I wondered what he was doing and how he was doing. I kept pretending he was in my bed sleeping next me which helped me fall asleep. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY8ttLZBnj
    The next couple days is filled with visiting friends in the area. I use the word friend loosely because they're all honestly acquaintances. If it were up to me I wouldn't associate with any of them due to their snobbish nature. Kaitlyn, one of my oldest acquaintances, is so into herself she can’t even tell that her parent's marriage is crumbling due to her father’s affair with one of his slaves. Being the “daughter of our counties biggest slave owner” I am required to spend my free time with the children of other slave owners which is hell but I just grin and bare it. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJjyV3m2rU
    I try not to think of it but the anticipation of whether I am going to get a letter or not kills me. I’m sure he got the letter the day I got back home in Alabama but I cannot be too sure. Oh, how I was that I could be back in New York so I can have I chance to see him,being back home makes me feel like I will never have a chance to see him again and that breaks my heart. I miss looking into those stunning green eyes. I miss the feeling of his lips on mine. I miss the feeling of being spun around the dance floor. Most of all I miss our conversations; he taught me so much about the world and about myself. I go up to my bedroom and go into my closet to find the hatbox that contained every letter he wrote me so I can read them over and over again. I keep re-reading them until it is time to go to sleep. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW55iNXk7KC
    “Miss Elizabeth!” I am awoken by a singsongy voice that belongs to Miss Peggy. “There’s a letter here for you.” Once I hear this I jump out of bed and run downstairs to grab the letter. On my way downstairs I say a silent prayer that the letter is from Robert but I prepare myself for disappointment in case it’s not. Sure enough, it is from Robert and I could not be any happier! I run back up to my room so I can read the letter in private.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXF5sPnZuX
My dearest Elizabeth, 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasU3WHAAYo
    I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to write you but it has taken me a few day to process that you’re no longer in New York. It took me by surprise that you left so fast, I didn't know how to react. At first, I was confused then angry at your father for making you leave, then I was sad because you're now days away from me. I already miss you so much but I know that I will see you again, I will visit you down in Alabama someday once all the tension between the North and South is over and everything is back to normal.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfmhpv2UsQ
    I hope everything is well and your trip back home was safe. Everything is the same around here but it’s a bit more complicated since the secession of South Carolina. People are scared about the future of the Union and I don’t blame them. It is scary.  I hope we don’t lose another state. 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxo0cmsW8C
    I hope this letter finds you in good health.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwYRlWcBTJ
With most admiration,542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiqh0ZtlH7
Robert 542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XnYqnsjmx
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