chil'ens

Dey lams loose at me wid foreord'nation an' preedest'nation, an' how d' bad place is paved wid chil'ens skulls, an' how so many is called, an' only one in a billion beats d' gate; an' fin'lly, las' Sunday, B'rer Peters, he's d' preacher, he ups an' p'ints at me in speshul an' says he sees in a dream how I'm b'ar-hung an' breeze-shaken over hell; an', sah, he simply scare dis niggah to where I jest lay down in d' pew an' howl.

Alfred Henry Lewis - Wolfville Days

Should she see one countenance wearing a kind, humane expression, it will most likely bring her frantically to his feet, where, kneeling, with uplifted hands, she pleads: "Oh, Massa, do buy me! Do buy me and little Sam! He be all of the chil'ens I got left! O, Lord! O, Lord! Do, Massa, buy me, and this one baby! Oh, do Massa!"

Austin Steward - Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman: Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years,: While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

"I ac' monkey moshuns, too-re-loo; I ac' monkey moshuns, so I do; I ac' 'em well, an' dat's er fac' I ac' jes like dem monkeys ac'. "I ac' gemmun moshuns, too-re-loo; I ac' gemmun moshuns, so I do; I ac' 'em well, an' dat's er fac' I ac' jes like dem gemmums ac'. "I ac' lady moshuns, too-re-loo; I ac' lady moshuns, so I do; I ac' 'em well, an' dat's er fac' I ac' jes like dem ladies ac'. "I ac' chil'en moshuns, too-re-loo; I ac' chil'en moshuns, so I do; I ac' 'em well, an' dat's er fac' I ac' jes like dem chil'ens ac'. "I ac' preacher moshuns, too-re-loo; I ac' preacher moshuns, so I do; I ac' 'em well, an' dat's er fac' I ac' jes like dem preachers ac'. "I ac' nigger moshuns, too-re-loo; I ac' nigger moshuns, so I do; I ac' 'em well, an' dat's er fac' I ac' jes like dem niggers ac'."

Louise Clarke Pyrnelle - Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life