foun

When Marse come an 'foun' dat out he sent dat white man off an 'wouldn' let him stay on de plantation over night.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

He wuz as cold an 'as white as that' ere snow, an 'it warn't till I'd felt of his heart an' foun 'that it beat a little that I thought of sich a thing as his comin' to.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

I tells you jes one thing dat I'se done gone an 'foun':

Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley

"Dat hunted de lost sheep an 'foun' her 'mid de wolves, dat scratch her mightily."

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

I luv de Saviour dat you have jes 'foun', an 'I wan' to tell you dat I do'n complain 'cause you made de noise jes 'now as you did.'

John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908

But I knowed he 'd be'n dere to look fer me an' had n 'foun' me, an 'had gone erway ter hunt fer me.

The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays 1895

Ef he wuz ter go ter heben an 'foun' dat he couldn't borry some angel's harp, he wouldn't stay dar.

The Starbucks Opie Percival Read 1895

Den I com'd right back ter dis place an 'foun' Lindy.

Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted. 1892

Page 28 tearin 'mad, an' went ober an 'saw ole Gundover, an' foun 'out he war hard up for money, an' he bought Katie and brought her home to lib wid me, and we's been a libin in clover eber sence.

Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted. 1892

Arter freedom, I hunted up our little gal, an 'foun' her.

Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted. 1892