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All time turnin 'dat lovely head of her'n lak a bird a buildin' her nest, so it was.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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By-the-way, that father of her'n passed in his checks to-night.
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I'de buy that ar 'ooman ef she cost all I war wuth and I had ter pawne my sole ter git the money; an' I added, jess by way ov sweet'nin 'the pill, thet I ow'd all I hed ter har husband, an' dident furget _my_ debts ef she did _her'n_, an 'ef his own wife disgraced him, I'd be d---- d ef _I_ wud.
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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Saturday evenin 'and seen a tall willowy gal, black she was but shiny, puttin' them foots of her'n down on de pavement in a pretty gamecock pullet kind of way, as if to say: 'Roosters look at me.'
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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Wall, es I stood thar, erwatchin 'like I'd seen er fairy, she smiles -- yo' know thet smile of her'n, like a rainbow breakin 'fer er minute through the rain, an' then fadin 'erway slow?
'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson
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His name was Gawge Washin'ton Tolah, and her'n was Lucy Tolah.
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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An ', then, that hateful boy o' her'n -- he's worse 'an pizen, notstan'ing his slick, ile-y ways -- 'tween him an' her we'll stan 'mighty slim chance.
Hubert's Wife A Story for You Minnie Mary Lee
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Your aunt says at once that any friend of mine is a friend of her'n.
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I see the syndicaters a-castin 'sheeps' eyes her ways the day she took 'em over The Gore prospectin '; but, by A. J.! they hauled in their lookin's when she turned them great eyes of her'n their ways.
Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller
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"I haint fit ter be named friend uv her'n, after what I done," he replied, dully.
'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson
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