mawnin

• “Nebbah git much rest, had t 'git up at foah de nex' mawnin 'an' sta't agin.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1

• “Yes, marsa,' says I." Well, de nex 'mawnin' Marse John had his black hoss saddled, an 'I held de stir'up fur him to git on, an' he rode ober to de Barbour plantation an 'didn't come back till plumb black night.”

  Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform

• “En de ve'y nex 'mawnin' Mars Dugal 'sont fer Dave ter come up ter de big house; he felt kinder sorry fer de way”

  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue

• “En de nex 'mawnin', ez some er de fiel 'han's wuz gwine long dere, dey seed a tree w'at dey didn' 'member er habbin' seed befo; it wuz monst'us quare, en dey wuz bleedst ter”

  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue

• “En de ve'y nex 'mawnin' Mars Dugal 'sont fer Dave ter come up ter de big house; he felt kinder sorry fer de way Dave had be'n treated.”

  Dave's Neckliss

• “So he sont word down ter de quarters fer Dave en all de yuther han's ter 'semble up in de yard befo' de big house at sun-up nex 'mawnin'.”

  Dave's Neckliss

• “Atter dat Tenie sot a sparrer-hawk fer ter watch de tree; en w'en de woodpecker come erlong nex 'mawnin' fer ter finish his nes ', he got gobble' up mos 'fo' he stuck his bill in de bark.”

  Po' Sandy

• “En de nex 'mawnin', ez some er de fiel 'han's wuz gwine long dere, dey seed a tree w'at dey didn' 'member er habbin' seed befo; it wuz monst'us quare, en dey wuz bleedst ter 'low dat dey hadn' 'membered right, er e'se one er de saplin's had be'n growin' monst'us fas '.”

  Po' Sandy

• “Everthing is got ter be des right dis fus 'mawnin' dat Marse Jarvis is home ter stay.”

  The Desired Woman

• “He uniform wuz all ready, gray wid yaller trimmin's, an 'mine wuz ready too, an' he had ole marster's sword, whar de State gi '' im in de Mexikin war; an 'he trunks wuz all packed wid ev'rything in 'em, an' my chist was packed too, an 'Jim Rasher he druv 'em over to de depo' in de waggin, an 'we wuz to start nex' mawnin ''bout light.”

  Marse Chan; A Tale of Old Virginia

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