Bonus: The letter, as read by Laurence Fishburne. He does a great job with the humor.
Summary: Of course you can rehire me. Just pay me the $400,000 (adjusted for inflation), plus interest, you owe me.
Commentary: It feels good to do one of these again. I think I did all the formatting right. The "sarcastic friendly letter" showed up in 15MAD in Samuel Jonnson's letter to Lord Chesterfield, but it's executed much better here.
The intro is appropriately sincere sounding, and some of the points may even be genuine (maybe he would like to see some of the other people [other slaves?] around the plantation. The twist, when he asks for his $12K in back wages is delightful. Much more effective than Johnson's weird drowning/help metaphor. 4/5 I would include this if I was going to make a classics anthology.
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