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[ex slave] in Yetman Voices from Slavery (1970) 244: About a year after the War [US Civil war] started de master got one of dese A.W.O.L.’s from de army.at A.W.O.L., n.
[ex slave] in Yetman Voices from Slavery (1970) 244: About a year after the War [US Civil war] started de master got one of dese A.W.O.L.’s from de army. [ex slave] in Yetman Voices from Slavery (1970) 296: Dey call me ‘Auntie’ and said ‘Auntie tell us where de money is, you knows’.at aunt, n.
[ex slave] in Yetman Voices from Slavery (1970) 257: He was what we called a ‘double-headed nigger’ – he could read and write, and he knowed so much.at double-headed (adj.) under double, adj.
[former slave] in Yetman Voices from Slavery (1970) 253: Niggers come up from the cabins nappy-headed, just like they gwine to the field.at nappy-headed (adj.) under nappy head, n.
[ex slave] in Yetman Voices from Slavery (1970) 245: Dat evenin’ five Negroes jumped from de bushes [...] and proceeded to string me up by de neck. I hollers as loud as I could, [...] and de election officers, just happened to be comin down de road and hear me yell. Dey run off de niggers.at string up, v.
[ex slave] in Yetman Voices from Slavery (1970) 308: Mighty good whiskey, too! Maybe I drinks too much, then I was sorry. Not that I swipe the whiskey, just sorry because I get sick!at swipe, v.2
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