how effective is the technique used by the author in the creating suspense in the story in story jamican fragment

We can assume that the Jamaican Fragment is a real life experience, rather than a piece of fiction due to first person writing style.The author uses everyday language to create the casual tone

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eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.