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Taking them into her mistress, the master being present, she said, "Missus, that'll I do wid dese ole close Tom lef, when he get mad an 'run'd off to spite me; now I'll burn 'em up or giv' 'em to de pigs for nes ', I ain't gwine to hav' 'em in my way any longer."
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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I wuz on a kar one day and mules run'd 'way en de ole red mule got loose frum de kar en run'd ober a mile 'fore dey ketched him en dey brot' im ba'k en de kar 'pas' on.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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But wasn't Miss Nancy glad wen dem Yankees run'd away at Bull's Run.
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She run'd off an 'got married, but wen she got down she war too spunkey to axe her pa for anything.
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"Dey run'd; an 'twan't a minit 'fore a whole gang ob de men cum runnin' up, wid dere picked bone tings in dere han's."
Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887
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"Uncle Bob," said Dumps, thoughtfully, "s'posin 'they wuz some little girls l-o-n-g time ergo what stole ernuther little girl outn the winder, an' then run'd erway, an 'waded in er ditch, what they Mammy never would let 'em; efn er jay bird would see 'em, would he tell the deb'l nuthin erbout it?"
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Taking them into her mistress, the master being present, she said, “Missus, that'll I do wid dese ole close Tom lef, when he get mad an 'run'd off to spite me; now I'll burn 'em up or giv' 'em to de pigs for nes ', I ain't gwine to hav' 'em in my way any longer.”
A Woman's Life-Work Haviland, Laura S 1881
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"Uncle Bob," said Dumps, thoughtfully, "s'posin 'they wuz some little girls l-o-n-g time ergo what stole ernuther little girl outn the winder, an' then run'd erway, an 'waded in er ditch, what they Mammy never would let 'em; efn er jay bird would see 'em, would he tell the deb'l nuthin erbout it?"
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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W'iles he gwine 'long full tilt, he run'd ag'in 'ole Mr. Lion.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Brer Rabbit, he run'd en meet um en gun um de wink 'bout ole
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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