po'ch

Dey put chains on us an 'put us on a stan' as high as dis po'ch, — twenty foot high, — an 'all de people stood aroun', crowds an 'crowds.

Mark Twain in The Atlantic 2007

Dey put chains on us an 'put us on a stan' as high as dis po'ch, — twenty foot high, — an 'all de people stood aroun', crowds an 'crowds.

Mark Twain in The Atlantic 2007

Den one day I went back home to see my old Marse an 'I foun' him sittin 'in a big chair on de po'ch an' his health wuzn 'so good.

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

Rector, he's a mighty good, kind-hearted man, git down to the man inside the preacher, an 'when he see thess how things stood, why, he come' round friendly, an 'he went out on the po'ch an' united with us in tryin 'to help coax Sonny down.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

He tole her dat he was Abraham Lincoln hese'f; dat he wuz peddlin 'over de country as a spy, an' he thanked her for de res 'on her shady po'ch an' de cool glass of milk she give him.

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

He set down on de po'ch an 'opened his pack, an' it was so hot an 'he looked so tired, dat Mis' Fanny give him er cool drink of milk dat done been settin 'in de spring house.

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

An ', sir, with that he stepped out to the end o' the po'ch, opened his book ag'in, an 'holdin' up his right hand to'ards Sonny, settin 'on top o' the bean-arbor in the rain, he commenced to read the service o 'baptism an' we stood proxies -- which is a sort o 'a dummy substitutes -- for whatever godfather an' mother Sonny see fit to choose in after life.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

"He's settin 'on the po'ch, an' he looks like he was makin 'out to set there all night."

The Gay Cockade Temple Bailey

So, after he went to sleep, wife she come out on the po'ch where I was settin ', and she says to me, says she, her face all drawed up an' workin ', says she: "Honey," says she, "I reckon we better sen' for him an 'have it did. "

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

When she played de weddin ma'ch on de piano, me an 'Exter ma'ched down de walk an' up on de po'ch to de altar Mis '

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