preachin

He had a white preacher and a white doctor on his plantation, and expected all the Negroes to go to 'preachin' on Sunday afternoon, and if any of them were sick enough to need a doctor, they had him.

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

How could anybody be converted on dat kind of preachin '?

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

De biggest whuppin 'I ever heard tell of was when they had a trial of several slave men for sellin' liquor at da spring, durin 'preachin', on Sunday.

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

"I dare say you are wearied wi 'preachin' to-day: you see you're gettin 'frail noo," said a Scotch elder, in my hearing, to a worthy clergyman.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various

For that matter, talkin 'never did do much, I'm thinkin', -- exceptin 'preachin'.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various

Why, it's them that, not content with printin 'lies on paper an' preachin 'them out of pulpits, does want to be cuttin' them on the tombsteans.

Dracula 1897

Wha 's de use o 'preachin' 'ligion to a man dat's sta'ved to def,

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

John Leach, he calls hisself -- has been comin 'along an' preachin 'at the store.

The Desired Woman 1888

Walter Skirving could button his knee-breeks withoot bendin 'his back -- that nane could do but the king's son himsel'; an 'sic a dancer as he was afore guid an' godly Maister Cauldsowans took hand o 'him at the tent, wi' preachin 'a sermon on booin' the knee to Baal.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

The nuts rattle noisily down on its roof; sometimes during "evenin 'preachin'" -- which takes place in the afternoon -- a flying-squirrel frisks near the window; the hymns echo softly, softly, from the hazy sunlit heights across the valley.

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886