chil

They calls chil'ern by names nowadays, but they called he 'Gustus Theodore, an' us can't get over thic, so us al'ays calls 'en' Gustus Theodore in long.

A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

I've got a wife an 'chil'ren, an' the 'wouldn't live 'mong ye abolitionists, nohow.'

The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Don 'you dare pass by widout speakin' to dis old niggah friend of yo 'chil'hood!

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration

I'se seed how he shirk his wuck; how he 'buse his wife an' chil'ren; how he hate his massa, an 'mean to kill him -- (dough his massa am hard on him,' tain't no 'scuse fur dat).

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

An 'we had chil'en -- seven chil'en -- an' loved dem chil'en jist de same as you loves yo 'chil'en.

Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922

An 'we had chil'en -- seven chil'en -- an' we loved dem chil'en jist de same as you loves yo 'chil'en.

A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It 1910

'I wush all de po' chil'en could come an 'spen' de day here, 'said de little gal;' what er nice time dey would hab! '

Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

"I ac 'chil'en moshuns" was portrayed by his pouting out his lips and twirling his thumbs, or giggling or crying.

Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

"I ac 'chil'en moshuns" was portrayed by his pouting out his lips and twirling his thumbs, or giggling or crying.

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878

'I wush all de po' chil'en could come an 'spen' de day here, 'said de little gal;

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878