lub'd

Updated: May 20, 2025

I do hope, if she is living, that I may meet her before I die." "You's right, boy, cause she lub'd you as she lub'd her own life. Many a time hes she set in my ole cabin an' cried 'bout yer wen you war fas' asleep. It's all ober now, but I'se gwine to hole up fer dem Yankees dat gib me my freedom, an' sent dem nice ladies from de Norf to gib us some sense.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - Iola Leroy: Shadows Uplifted