p'ovocation

Updated: May 7, 2025

Well, seh, about daay-break, while sawt o' reconnoiterin' in fo'ce, they come suddenly upon the niggehs' position, an' the niggehs, without the slightes' p'ovocation, up an' fi-ud! P'ovidentially, they shot too high, an' only one man was inju'ed by fallin' from his hawss.

George Washington Cable - John March, Southerner