darkeys

A light opera bouffe effect is evidently given by the extremely characteristic darkeys with their chatter and bandannas, with something serious and orchestral in the way of gumbo and pepperpot.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

A light opera bouffe effect is evidently given by the extremely characteristic darkeys with their chatter and bandannas, with something serious and orchestral in the way of gumbo and pepperpot.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound!

Marching Through Georgia 1996

They would whip the poor darkeys unmercifully without any cause.

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

He lived alone in his cabin, as many of the old time darkeys lived, and his 'possum dog lived with him.

Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor

When there was some order restored, the pigs and dog tied up in the yard, the biggest of the darkeys, scraping his best bow, said, 'We jes' come, Mars 'Cap'n, 'bout a little complexity 'long

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Various

About eight hundred quartermaster's men, darkeys and teamsters, were sent off from Washington to swell the force; these men were kept marching and counter-marching around a piece of wood, then wheeled around and brought again into the view of the rebels, who, thinking there was a large force being massed there, deferred the attack till morning, when the veteran Sixth corps came up to their relief, and

Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin

We were told "dat Massa Middleton used to own de place," but, as the darkeys sing:

The Flag Replaced on Sumter A Personal Narrative William A. Spicer

Some day the government will start foreclosing and then the darkeys won't have anything, and the biggest white man won't have much.

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

Drawn some odd thousands of miles by the iron horse, as it has been my fortune to be during different periods of my life, I have seldom failed to associate his progress thus with those lesser Melpomenean nymphs, who may be selected to watch over the destinies of the steam god and fill up their leisure hours by "riding on a rail," in the favourite fashion of the South Carolinian darkeys.

She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.