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"Massa, he allers puts de woudou charm on de cotton seed w'at goes in de corn fiel ', so it neber do grow, miss."

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

It's a big jail -- bigger'n dis plantation -- w'ere dey puts de blacks w'at don't 'bey orders.

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

"O, Maus Oscar" (you said I might say Maus Oscar, w'en we's in yer, all by ourselves), "w'at I'se gwine say, I'se got de track o 'Miss' Titia."

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

I use to skeer awful to see ole massa show you how to shoot guns an 'sich, but the Lord knowed w'at he was a' doin. '

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

I went up w'at ez called de nine mile cut neah Tullahoma, en axed a 'oman ef she would let us hab sum bre'd.

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

Ob course, we had ter wuk in de fiel's en mek w'at we et.

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

Ye see, mum, my name's Walsingham Nix, at yer sarvice -- Walsingham bein 'my great, great grandad's fronticepiece, while Nix war ther hind-wheeler, like nor w'at a he-mule ar' w'en hitched ter a 'schooner.'

Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler

She would say, "See, dat ez w'at will happen ter you ef'n you try ter leave."

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

You see he's been out of old England for a long time, and was goin 'away again, when w'at should he suddenly hear but that his old woman that was, meaning his mother, died and left a tidy bit.

Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham

I dunno w'at ter say 'bout de younger gineratshun; dere ez sich a diff'unce now ter w'at hit wuz w'en I wuz a girl.

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