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"De fac 'is, ole marster kin git along better when young marster's away den he kin when he's in de town; yes, en he love him better, too; so he gives him fifty dollahs a month --"
Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955
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We'd stay pretty nigh all night to make a sinner come through, an 'maybe de week atter de meetin' he'd steal one of his marster's hogs.
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We did not have prayer meeting at marster's plantation or anywhur.
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When she died Miss Melvina, marster's wife, called us chillun in and says, 'Chillun your mother is dead, but anything in dis kitchen you wants ter eat go take it, but don't slip nuthin'.
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They got my marster's carriage horses, two fine gray horses.
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My marster's chilluns was too young to git married befo 'the war was over.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Dey live at Louieville till mammy were sold fo 'her marster's debt.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Work Projects Administration
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Dey told me 'bout slaves dat had been killed by dere marster's coming back and worryin '' em.
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Young marster's bes 'friend came to tell us all goodby, an' he was killed in the first battle he fought in.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Sometimes slaves would steal the marster's chickens or a hog and slip off to another plantation and have it cooked.
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