Vulgar words in Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 3 (Page 1)
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Dat night de young Nigger was tellin' a old slave 'bout it, and de old man jus' laughed and said: 'When Marster pesters me dat way I jus' rise up and cuss him out.'
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Marster called to him again, and den dat fool Nigger cut loose and he evermore did cuss Marster out.
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When he tried to talk to dat old slave 'bout it de old man laughed and said: 'Shucks, I allus waits 'til I gits to de field to cuss Marster so he won't hear me.'
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When dey got ready to beat yo', dey'd strip you' stark mother naked and dey'd say, 'Come here to me, God damn you!
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Walk up to dat tree, and damn you, hug dat tree!
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"When de war broke out de damn Yankees come to our place dey done eve'ything dat was bad.
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I wuz a bugger in dem days!
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Mistus let dem boys pick 'em some peas w'en us would be pickin', an' us would run 'em off, cause us diden' lak' po' white trash.
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I 'member all the po' white trash that lived near us.
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He wan't no po' white trash; he was up-to-date but he like to beat on niggers."
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She fell out with an 'oman that lived with her daughter cause this 'oman had did something ter her daughter; and so she called her a black kinky head hussy and this 'oman got fightin mad and sed ter her.