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Hit wuz so fur down ter Robeson dat he didn 'hab no chance er comin' back ter see her tel de time wuz up; he wouldn 'a' mine comin 'ten er fifteen mile at night ter see Tenie, but Mars Marrabo's uncle's plantation wuz mo' d'n forty mile off.

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

So Tenie had ter git in de buggy en go 'long wid young Mars Dunkin ter his plantation, w'ich wuz mo 'd'n twenty mile away; en dey want no chance er her seein'

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

Hannibal sta'ted in de house soon in de mawnin 'wid a armful er wood ter make a fier, en he hadn' mo 'd'n got 'cross de do'sill befo' his feet begun ter bu'n so dat he drap 'de armful er wood on de flo' en woke ole mis 'up an hour sooner'n yuzhal, en co'se ole mis' didn 'lak dat, en spoke sha'p erbout it.

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

She knowed Sandy couldn 'lib mo' d'n a minute er so ef she turn 'him back, fer he wuz all chop' up so he'd a be'n bleedst ter die.

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

Dey's mo 'ways' n one ter skin a cat, en dey's mo 'd'n one way ter git in a smoke-'ouse, -- leastways dat's w'at I hearn say.

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

He promus Mars Dugal 'he cud make de grapevimes b'ar twice't ez many grapes, en dat de noo wine-press he wuz a-sellin' would make mo 'd'n twice't ez many gallons er wine.

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

"I d'n know huccome I want to go so bad," he went on with a deep breath, "wouldn 'turn araoun' th'ee times on my heels to go anywhur else, but I shoo do want to go to Italy."

Sally of Missouri 1905

"All right, Mars Geo'ge, I ain't gwine ter say no mo 'd'n ef de cat had my tongue."

The House Behind the Cedars 1900

"Wal -- I d'n know," the old man replied in answer to Harold's question.

The Eagle's Heart Hamlin Garland 1900

Hannibal sta'ted in de house soon in de mawnin 'wid a armful er wood ter make a fier, en he hadn' mo 'd'n got 'cross de do'sill befo' his feet begun ter bu'n so dat he drap 'de armful er wood on de flo' en woke ole mis 'up an hour sooner'n yuzhal, en co'se ole mis' didn 'lak dat, en spoke sha'p erbout it.

Hot-Foot Hannibal 1899