holped

My Mammy knowed all 'bout it and holped us git away.

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

But it's all for the good of anngelliferous madam: and so, if thar's any hard rubbing, or drowning, or anything-of that synommous natur ', to happen, it ar'n't a thing to be holped no how.

Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

One carpenter man done all de fixin 'of things lak wagons and plows, holped wid all de buildin' wuk, and made all de coffins.

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

Evvybody holped and, fast as dey picked all de cotton on one farm and et a big supper, dey hustled on to de next place whar plenty of cotton, white in de fields and liquor, and good barbecue, and sich lak kept 'em happy and hustlin '' most all night.

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

Plenty of liquor in dem little brown jugs holped to make things 'most too lively sometimes.

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

Dat was de way it was done; evvybody holped de others git de corn shucked.

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

Wall, the nigs say he holped in whippin 'th' white 'ooman; an', as 'torney fur th' _truth_, gintlemen, which I'm gwine in fur yere, I've got ter 'low it.

The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

"I've never seen you before, mum, and I reckon I never shall see you again; but we've been mightily holped up by what you've been saying, and I reckon we ought to be doing something for them poor humans."

The American Missionary — Volume 54, No. 3, July, 1900 Various

I stayed dar on de plantation and done lots of little jobs lak waitin 'on table; totin' Old Miss 'breakfast to her in her room evvy mornin', and I holped 'tend to de grainery.

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

Evvy now and den dey passed de corn liquor 'round, and dat holped 'em to wuk faster, and evvy Nigger dat found a red ear got a extra swig of liquor.

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