Indentured Servants
In the factories, the conditions are hard, in April on average we get forced work over 13 long hours in a large room filled with cotton filaments and dust that are hazardous to breathe, most of the time damaging to the lungs. Most girls tend to at least three to four of the looms at a time, making the large, stuffy room very busy.
Usually we leave the windows closed because the treads don’t do well when the wind blows. In the large rooms the humidity and moisture in the air are incredibly bad, but we have gotten used to the heat and humidity.
Although we choose to come work at the mills we get treated badly, much like slaves, or indentured servants. They free us little food that is not very notorious for us since we are running back and forth,
loom to loom for hours on end, it takes a lot out of us. It also doesn’t help that the clothing we get sent horrible but it could be better.
Usually we leave the windows closed because the treads don’t do well when the wind blows. In the large rooms the humidity and moisture in the air are incredibly bad, but we have gotten used to the heat and humidity.
Although we choose to come work at the mills we get treated badly, much like slaves, or indentured servants. They free us little food that is not very notorious for us since we are running back and forth,
loom to loom for hours on end, it takes a lot out of us. It also doesn’t help that the clothing we get sent horrible but it could be better.