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Ooh, he'm a bad one, Mister, 'and she laughed softly.
A Murder of Quality Le Carre, John, 1931- 1962
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'Oh, he will dat, massa; he'm a good chile; but heah'm ten dollar more massa, it'm de good gemman's, an' he say I kin gib it ter 'on fur Ally.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Massa Preston put de chile ober 'em, an 'gib him a haff ob all he make, an' he'm doin 'a heap dar, massa.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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'No more'n he hain't, massa; but he'm two yar in massa Preston's swamp, wid a hired gang.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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He'm wordy ob anyting, an 'he'm gwine to hab a wife ter day, massa.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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'When he'm out ob reach, you'd kill him,' replied the negro, as cool as if he was doing an ordinary thing.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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'Yas, he'm do; missus say he'm do; dat he make dis nig jess like he done little Totty.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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'Twar mons'rous hard work to git him out ob de swamp, 'cause he war jes like a dead man, and we had to tote him de hull way; but he'm dar now, massa (pointing to the old cabin), and de bracelets am on him.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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You kin tell 'em, too, massa -- 'case you's edication, and kin talk -- how de pore wite man am kep' down har; how he'm ragged, an 'starvin', an 'ob no account,' case de brack man am a slave.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Then taking off the spectacles and slowly closing the big Bible, he went on: "Now I'se gwine to put you all a question" (looking at the others) "an den I'se gwine ter ask de preacher, an I can tell whedder he'm a good one or not."
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 10, October, 1888 Various
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