mas'r

"Yes, mas'r, I must tell sinners how Jesus died on de cross for dem."

Stories Worth Rereading Various

De mas'r he stand and call, 'Run to de wood for hide!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various

The baby's father was 'young mas'r' -- old master's son, as it appeared -- and who, consequently, was a half-brother of the youthful mother.

The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights

"De people was all a hoein ', mas'r," said the old man.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various

Reaching us, every human being must grasp our hands, amid exclamations of "Bress you, mas'r," and "Bress de Lord," at the rate of four of the latter ascriptions to one of the former.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various

Oh, yes, dey was mighty well treated while dey was in slavery; never was a kinder mas'r anywhere dan my old mas'r.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

'Young mas'r,' according to her account, arranged the whole proceeding, telling her what course to take by night, where to stop and conceal herself by day, and what signal to give when she reached the 'big river.'

The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights

Bress de chile! if mas'r don't take to him, 'pears like he'll nebber take to nuffin.

Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught Glance Gaylord

"O mas'r," recommenced in terror the incapacitated witness, "I c-c-car-penter!" holding up eagerly a little stump of a hatchet, his sole treasure, as if his profession ought to excuse him from all military opinions.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various

'"I feels it in my soul, mas'r; oh, mas'r, the love of Christ that passeth knowledge."

Mushrooms on the Moor Frank Boreham 1915