Dere's no use in dis nigger's tryin' to come round him.

"MASSA FENTON AND MASSA CONKLIN HAVE SENT DIS YERE FOUNDLIN' TO YER, TO TOOK KEER OF FOR A FEW WEEKS.

Demos people democracy, epidemic *Derma skin epidermis, taxidermist *Dis, di twice, doubly dichromatic, digraph *Didonai, dosis give dose, apodosis, anecdote *Dynamis power dynamite, dynasty *Eidos form, thing seen idol, kaleidoscope, anthropoid *Ethnos race, nation ethnic, ethnology

"Ah! dis was a blessed day to old masser and missus, could dey saw it, but.

You neber do hear 'bout many folks wid dat name these times, leastwise not ober in dis state, but dere sure used to be heap of dem Abernathys back home where I libed

"Us git 'long fine for more dan a year and Mars Luch, he raise plenty cotton an' at times us ud take trip up to Memfis on de boat, on de Phil Allin what was 'bout de fineist boat on de riber in dem days and de one dat most frequent put in at us landin' wid de freight for Mars Luch and den he most ginally sont he cotton an' seed to Memfis on dis same Phil Allin.

I living wid one right here in dis house wid me now.

I come to dis place.

They trying to cut the Big Apple dance when we old folks used to be down singing and praying, 'Cause dis is a wicked age times is bad and hard.

I married and when I had four or five children I heard ob dis country.

He put me up on a block an' he say, 'How old is dis nigger?'

"A heap of dis young generation is triflin' as they can be.

Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: Caroline Bonds Russellville, Arkansas Age: 70 "What's all dis info'mation you askin' about goin' to be for?

He hidin' he know dis nigger eat possum laik a hog.

To name the Test would put you in a rage; You charge not that on any former age, But smile to think how innocent you stand, 700 Arm'd by a weapon put into your hand, Yet still remember that you wield a sword Forged by your foes against your sovereign lord; Design'd to hew the imperial cedar down, Defraud succession, and dis-heir the crown.

"Brudder Brown" has advanced upon the crowded floor to "beg a blessin' on dis dance:" [Footnote 3: S.D. Smedes.

let dis gath'rin' fin' a blessin' in yo' sight!

Remember, Mashr,min' dis, now,de sinfulness ob sin Is 'pendin' 'pon de sperrit what we goes an' does it in; An' in a righchis frame ob min' we's gwine to dance an' sing, A-feelin' like King David, when he cut de pigeon-wing.

I an't ready to go, nor willin' neder; and dat I an't prepared to meet nobody,' Jeff expatiated largely not only on the mercy of God, but on the glories of the heavenly kingdom, as a land flowing with milk and honey, etc. 'Dis ole cabin suits me mon'sus well!'

I ran to de door to go down de stairs but there was another un there pointing his gun and they say don't nobody leave dis building.

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"Thar you!" said Quimbo throwing down a coarse bag containing a peck of corn, "thar, nigger, grab, you won't get no more dis yer week.