Mammy

"Effen my mammy or pappy ever runned away from Marster, I ain't heered tell uv it, but Mammy said dat when slaves did run away, dey wuz cotched an 'whupped by de overseer.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

For a moment the expression Mammy was wont to describe to herself as “bullheaded” flitted over her young mistress’s face and then it passed into a smile, so difficult for Mammy to resist.

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

For a moment the expression Mammy was wont to describe to herself as “bullheaded” flitted over her young mistress’s face and then it passed into a smile, so difficult for Mammy to resist.

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

For a moment the expression Mammy was wont to describe to herself as “bullheaded” flitted over her young mistress’s face and then it passed into a smile, so difficult for Mammy to resist.

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

For a moment the expression Mammy was wont to describe to herself as “bullheaded” flitted over her young mistress’s face and then it passed into a smile, so difficult for Mammy to resist.

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

For a moment the expression Mammy was wont to describe to herself as “bullheaded” flitted over her young mistress’s face and then it passed into a smile, so difficult for Mammy to resist.

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

Mammy is in the bed, as I said, with Mid-doctors, right?

Finding Poems : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

Once on vacation in Italy, I had an Italian friend ask me, albeit in a respectful tone, "Do you call her Mammy?"

Donna Bertaccini: Our Fearless Carol 2008

And you called Mammy, and said you were very thirsty and wanted a glass of water, please.

The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918

They start to shock us with a Taser gun they called Mammy, and told us 'don't let we have to go for Daddy'.

TrinidadExpress Today's News akile.simon@trinidadexpress.com Akile Simon 2010