slav'ry

"Marse Spence gave me ter Miss Marzee fer ter be her own maid, but slav'ry time ended fo 'I wuz big' nough ter be much good ter 'er."

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Administrative Files Selected Records Bearing on the History of the Slave Narratives Work Projects Administration

War ended so I don't ricollect nothin ''bout slav'ry days.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

I never seed nobody die and I never went to no buryin 'durin' slav'ry time, so I cain't tell nothin ''bout things lak dat.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

The old man sighed, and looking out across the field, continued: "Atter slav'ry days, Niggers turned dey chilluns loose, an 'den de' possums an 'rabbits most all left, and dere ain't so many fishes left in de rivers neither."

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

Us didn't have many rabbits; dey warn't as much in style den as dey is now, and de style of eatin '' possums lak dey done in slav'ry times, dat is 'bout over.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

But in slav'ry time if de Niggers had a-behaved and minded deir Marster and Mist'ess dey wouldn't have had sich a hard time.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Iffen it was still slav'ry time now old as I is, I would have to wuk jus 'de same, sick or no.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

Dere was mighty little wuk done by chillun in slav'ry days.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Wile to slav'ry, invasion an 'debt they were swept on,

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

The negro mammy, by special request, led off with a blood-curdling tale of her far-off Southland, "in dem cruel slav'ry days," which she told with her soft, Southern accent, and with unconscious dramatic power.

Arabella 1907