to'ds

En ev'y now en den he'd git up en look up de road to'ds Mars 'Marrabo's on de udder side er de swamp.

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

An 'jes' befo 'dat he come out ez ef he wuz gwine to bed, but instid he come, an' we all struck out to'ds

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

Soon ez he got out o 'sight he pulled up, an' we walked along tell we come to de road whar leads off to'ds Mr. Barbour's.

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

En w'en she seed Jeff jump up en run to'ds dat 'oman, en th'ow his a'ms roun 'her neck, po'

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

So she helt herse'f in de bes 'she could, gittin' madder en madder ev'ry minute, 'tel bimeby she seed a 'oman comin' down de road on de udder side fum to'ds Mars 'Marrabo Utley's plantation.

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

D 'yo' ever see a hoss rar he head up right sudden at night when he see somethin 'comin' to'ds 'im from de side an' he don 'know what' tis?

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

I had de hosses ready, an 'we went out de back way to'ds de river.

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

Chahmb'lin walked up wid de pistils in dey han's, an 'Marse Chan he stood wid his face right to'ds de sun.

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

She didn 'want Sandy ter die wid no hard feelin's to'ds her.

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

"I think it went up the road to'ds Marse Big Josh's," said Kizzie,

The Comings of Cousin Ann Emma Speed Sampson 1907