bigram

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bigram	frequency
white folks	1300
years old	902
person interviewed	626
de war	545
arkansas age	468
ku klux	446
long time	443
de white	438
come back	396
de yankees	386
old man	378
big house	358
one day	357
white man	344
years ago	341
old master	327
little rock	324
de big	320
de house	306
de slaves	303
civil war	301
one time	297
de niggers	292
pine bluff	286
ter de	273
wid de	266
de time	264
irene robertson	263
colored folks	252
miss irene	250
atter de	248
robertson person	246
give us	243
dem days	242
dey wuz	240
de plantation	237
north carolina	236
white people	218
went back	215
run away	206
three years	205
south carolina	204
two years	197
old marster	194
one night	186
just like	184
five years	180
den dey	177
colored people	174
date stamp	173
dey got	173
yankees come	173
slavery time	172
dat dey	170
white folkses	168
told us	166
slavery times	165
bernice bowden	164
never seen	162
dat de	159
de way	157
young folks	151
go back	151
us chillun	149
never seed	148
back home	147
four years	147
old mistress	144
bowden person	142
de place	140
never heard	139
big old	138
big enough	131
old folks	131
wus named	130
de old	130
come home	128
young master	128
ever since	126
de fust	126
let us	124
eight years	124
de woods	121
en de	121
never got	120
de marster	119
six years	118
great big	117
never saw	116
wuz de	115
dey wus	115
ran away	113
got married	113
slavery days	113
de ole	109
take care	109
mother died	109
never went	107
de surrender	106
young mistress	106
one thing	105
old miss	104
colored man	103
seven years	102
man named	102
fer de	102
hard time	101
came back	101
old woman	101
white men	99
ten years	98
de yard	98
abraham lincoln	98
taylor person	98
de field	97
dat wuz	97
baptist church	96
klux klan	95
next day	95
good old	95
ter go	95
good man	94
mighty good	93
old age	93
dey give	93
every day	93
war ended	92
got sick	92
ter git	91
de chillun	91
de fields	91
de slave	91
jeff davis	91
slave story	90
de road	90
good time	89
dey done	89
dey come	88
bailey waitt	87
daisy bailey	87
dey went	87
ob de	87
dere wus	86
twelve years	85
miss mary	85
way back	84
corn bread	84
tell us	84
old enough	84
freedom come	84
freedom came	83
dey wanted	83
gwine ter	82
de overseer	82
us niggers	81
dat time	81
right now	81
hit wuz	80
de church	79
pretty good	79
dem yankees	79
looked like	79
one hundred	79
whar dey	78
dem old	78
set free	77
good ter	77
wuz good	77
wake county	77
pat matthews	76
lak dey	76
de nigger	76
bad luck	76
three times	75
ole man	75
den de	75
story teller	75
dey put	75
ter eat	74
wuz named	74
marse john	74
go ter	72
ah wuz	72
went ter	72
dere wuz	71
de rest	71
one year	71
old lady	70
ole marse	70
dey made	70
dat day	70
little girl	69
boss man	69
atter dey	69
de young	69
de cotton	69
right smart	69
got back	68
fifteen years	68
slave owners	68
many years	68
yankee soldiers	68
united states	67
de lawd	67
next morning	67
got de	67
de day	67
young people	66
several years	66
field hands	66
yes mam	66
whar de	66
never knowed	66
white children	66
every time	65
marse billy	65
slave quarters	65
old negro	65
one side	64
ole marster	64
us went	64
one man	64
old days	64
long ago	64
de man	64
many slaves	63
two children	63
dat old	63
two girls	63
log house	63
little boy	63
de bed	62
made us	62
de back	62
marse tom	61
de night	61
took care	60
de lord	60
lak dat	60
field hand	60
us got	60
seems like	60
know much	60
el dorado	60
good times	60
dead now	60
de kitchen	59
two boys	59
house girl	59
yes sir	59
nine years	59
log houses	58
many times	58
forty years	58
young man	58
forrest city	58
two weeks	58
good things	58
anything else	58
ever seed	57
stayed right	57
dem niggers	57
one room	57
wus good	56
twenty years	56
dey took	56
dey called	56
father died	56
de folks	56
three children	55
time ago	55
atter dat	55
de mens	55
dat wus	55
white woman	55
war started	55
tole us	55
wid dat	54
look like	54
right dar	54
de good	54
wus de	54
wuz born	54
younger generation	54
hot springs	54
waitt tr	54
git de	53
got one	53
en den	53
old slave	53
de river	53
done de	53
hundred dollars	53
plantation life	53
field worker	53
en dey	53
go home	52
grown folks	52
de preacher	52
de meat	52
war broke	51
never bothered	51
fifty years	51
de ku	51
three days	51
every one	51
five miles	51
sho nuff	50
done got	50
dat night	50
six months	50
lak de	50
know whether	50
one boy	50
personal interview	50
three boys	49
say dat	49
year old	49
three miles	49
dey used	49
ter us	49
dat way	49
log cabins	49
slave time	49
de corn	49
hard work	49
git married	49
ter see	49
never come	48
hall athens	48
come along	48
first time	48
andrews tr	48
man come	48
district supervisor	48
de best	48
de fire	48
got along	48
four children	48
young generation	48
one years	48
us never	47
big plantation	47
keep de	47
old boss	47
another one	47
mah mammy	47
mother told	47
american guide	47
de bible	47
done gone	47
black folks	47
put de	47
log cabin	47
dey say	46
three weeks	46
husband died	46
got big	46
age pension	46
dat us	46
miss betty	46
one another	46
information given	46
ever seen	46
marse joe	46
us wuz	46
wus borned	46
mother say	45
mother wus	45
stayed wid	45
took us	45
wuz made	45
georgia written	45
whole lot	45
miss fannie	45
three months	45
see dat	45
name wuz	45
seem like	44
know dat	44
dey never	44
see de	44
de men	44
hard times	44
take de	44
de blood	44
supervisor federal	44
father wus	44
dey tuk	43
little niggers	43
project american	43
booth district	43
frum de	43
doan know	43
three hundred	43
ole miss	43
de doctor	43
six children	43
sunday school	43
back yard	43
made de	43
atter us	43
new york	43
wuz borned	42
old people	42
white preacher	42
de patterollers	42
good luck	42
de water	42
de floor	42
marster wuz	42
de year	42
worked hard	42
de country	42
de little	42
things like	42
de onliest	42
know nothing	41
de door	41
married twice	41
get along	41
de block	41
de cloth	41
marse alec	41
called us	41
slaves got	41
wife died	41
war come	41
wuz one	41
see us	40
get away	40
jes like	40
slave owner	40
never sold	40
field work	40
slaves went	40
old home	40
de farm	40
got killed	40
folks got	40
folklore subjects	40
took place	40
every year	40
time dey	39
great house	39
know anything	39
marse henry	39
information moved	39
mah missis	39
wuz free	39
thirty years	39
one end	39
de boys	39
slave children	39
us children	39
mah daddy	39
two days	39
another plantation	39
de baby	39
good white	39
uncle george	39
miss sallie	39
big time	39
sometimes dey	39
smoke house	39
wid dem	38
oh lord	38
long atter	38
two rooms	38
uncle henry	38
de name	38
slaves lived	38
slave times	38
five hundred	38
forty acres	38
methodist church	38
next year	38
till dey	38
us wanted	38
use ter	38
little children	38
five children	37
back ter	37
folks church	37
folks used	37
dese days	37
saturday night	37
like dat	37
us free	37
de others	37
young marster	37
us lived	37
sold away	37
got mad	37
new orleans	37
colored men	37
last time	37
marse george	37
stay wid	36
dar wuz	36
de chilluns	36
de table	36
de one	36
wus born	36
got ready	36
poor white	36
de money	36
brought us	36
runned away	36
white lady	36
till de	36
old plantation	36
good clothes	36
ter mr	36
one sister	36
ever heard	36
first husband	36
never will	36
make us	36
hundred years	36
good lord	36
uv de	35
dat plantation	35
blue back	35
dey tole	35
den us	35
de grown	35
de moon	35
yankees came	35
mighty little	35
jefferson county	35
two brothers	35
little money	35
mother belonged	35
first year	35
large plantation	35
mammy wuz	35
got home	35
marster wus	35
nine children	35
de oberseer	35
pretty soon	35
years ole	35
never whipped	34
first thing	34
look atter	34
good food	34
still living	34
know just	34
de cook	34
marse jim	34
knows dat	34
de soldiers	34
old white	34
seven children	34
two hundred	34
de cabins	34
tell de	34
went away	34
make de	34
early life	34
old missis	34
sweet potatoes	34
wid us	34
lived near	34
let de	34
done forgot	34
de colored	34
another man	34
looked atter	33
us go	33
hundred slaves	33
three girls	33
de missus	33
wuz sold	33
dar wus	33
fat meat	33
ever got	33
pick cotton	33
sunday morning	33
way dey	33
hw correction	33
de whole	33
like dey	33
house servants	33
one morning	33
de yankee	33
holly grove	33
one brother	33
got free	33
old times	33
negro man	33
several times	32
street athens	32
former slave	32
de sun	32
de boss	32
prayer meetings	32
every morning	32
marse frank	32
time de	32
called de	32
day long	32
took de	32
sez dat	32
slave women	32
fum de	32
plantation near	32
wheat straw	32
came home	32
ter tell	32
de quarters	32
come right	32
auction block	32
work hard	32
git back	32
little nigger	31
every night	31
de world	31
thirteen years	31
dey let	31
just one	31
five dollars	31
subjects name	31
got grown	31
en dat	31
gave us	31
de first	31
night long	31
good master	31
de next	31
us plenty	31
went home	31
republican ticket	31
much better	31
wuz called	31
white hair	31
white chillun	31
young woman	31
lak dis	31
last year	31
one place	31
project residencies	31
us wore	31
whar us	31
wuz er	31
father belonged	31
first page	31
de crick	31
years later	31
de clothes	30
wus married	30
slave houses	30
us dat	30
de end	30
heard em	30
pretty well	30
little bit	30
slave stories	30
six miles	30
looked lak	30
second wife	30
small boy	30
father went	30
de ground	30
wuz bawn	30
put us	30
give de	30
done told	30
negro woman	30
folks went	30
thousand dollars	30
dem good	30
de graveyard	30
looks like	30
two miles	30
us chilluns	30
de wah	30
got away	30
castor oil	29
live wid	29
right back	29
mother used	29
great deal	29
one slave	29
carriage driver	29
de truth	29
give em	29
dat place	29
wanted ter	29
de side	29
seed dat	29
one big	29
two sons	29
got ter	29
belonged ter	29
free man	29
fourteen years	29
us stayed	29
ter raleigh	29
every saturday	29
de middle	29
em say	29
ten children	29
ter keep	29
uncle joe	29
two sisters	29
something like	29
us used	29
four miles	29
de cows	29
living now	29
white fokes	29
months old	28
remember one	28
confederate army	28
colored woman	28
soldiers come	28
marion county	28
dem times	28
de chickens	28
one sunday	28
know whut	28
back yonder	28
never give	28
free now	28
young marse	28
one child	28
never done	28
ever saw	28
us slaves	28
arkansas occupation	28
mighty bad	28
little old	28
ter take	28
frame house	28
marse billie	28
know whar	28
us little	28
tuh de	28
go wid	28
never knew	28
big farm	28
whole heap	28
hundred acres	28
marse drew	28
folks say	28
de spring	27
much work	27
slave interview	27
eight children	27
never married	27
ob dem	27
folks stayed	27
first wife	27
fed us	27
know one	27
slavery wus	27
got two	27
two little	27
uncle dave	27
union soldiers	27
en mah	27
used ter	27
free niggers	27
winter time	27
first one	27
house wid	27
wuz sick	27
hundred pounds	27
des arc	27
new ground	27
klu klux	27
colored children	27
got old	27
big road	27
blacksmith shop	27
missus wus	27
monday morning	27
dey knowed	27
born close	26
fire place	26
union county	26
master told	26
say dey	26
rich man	26
want ter	26
de coffin	26
good ole	26
big supper	26
get back	26
sixteen years	26
de dirt	26
born right	26
de wheat	26
colored preacher	26
jined de	26
ter death	26
front door	26
ah got	26
folks come	26
slaves sold	26
christmas day	26
former slaves	26
marster give	26
dey whupped	26
oak bark	26
time atter	26
de head	26
old aunt	26
uncle willis	26
old missus	26
hit wus	26
old marse	26
married mr	26
dat big	26
de udder	26
black man	26
mars luch	26
union army	26
us knowed	26
er big	26
one uv	25
miss nancy	25
one son	25
nobody else	25
says dat	25
aunt mary	25
confederate soldiers	25
ku kluxers	25
de stock	25
de ashes	25
wid deir	25
de houses	25
de mill	25
every sunday	25
red oak	25
old colored	25
got plenty	25
present generation	25
en er	25
white trash	25
little chillun	25
war wuz	25
dan dey	25
us boys	25
farm work	25
leila harris	25
de top	25
court house	25
two months	25
big white	25
florida federal	25
heap better	25
hot ashes	25
short time	25
two men	25
tuk de	25
ole master	25
big dinner	25
one girl	25
made wid	25
us ter	25
read de	25
de winter	25
one plantation	25
whut dey	25
athens edited	25
stamp jun	25
de women	25
de last	24
able ter	24
goes ter	24
three brothers	24
moved away	24
miss sarah	24
arkansas name	24
place whar	24
remember much	24
slave days	24
little house	24
old time	24
de beds	24
keep us	24
father told	24
somebody else	24
dat dere	24
beat de	24
negro children	24
richmond county	24
little gal	24
seed de	24
little ones	24
fer us	24
long enough	24
story story	24
picked cotton	24
mother married	24
took sick	24
miles away	24
franklin county	24
old nigger	24
never see	24
brass buttons	24
front porch	23
nigger run	23
evvy time	23
slave cabins	23
slave chillun	23
miss liza	23
de hill	23
large number	23
ter stay	23
much now	23
twelve miles	23
seemed like	23
santa claus	23
fust time	23
free person	23
grace mccune	23
taken away	23
nigger traders	23
take keer	23
ter wuk	23
moved ter	23
live right	23
stayed dere	23
de fireplace	23
come ter	23
sometimes de	23
big place	23
world war	23
pappy wuz	23
little white	23
de north	23
call us	23
got us	23
mighty hard	23
de light	23
twelve children	23
arkansas date	23
de south	23
one piece	23
ten dollars	23
time come	23
marster let	23
bad thing	23
years atter	23
never let	23
ole missus	23
sich lak	23
went barefooted	23
white church	23
de marsters	23
dem big	23
wus sold	23
dey started	23
post office	23
cotton patch	22
holly springs	22
young men	22
dat man	22
mother worked	22
ober de	22
ter make	22
wuz skeered	22
corn shuckings	22
sot free	22
wid em	22
dey carried	22
treated us	22
time wid	22
man got	22
fer ter	22
whip us	22
us et	22
new home	22
atter freedom	22
de biggest	22
brogan shoes	22
de gate	22
dey lived	22
th street	22
little log	22
much money	22
outen de	22
one named	22
second year	22
played together	22
de gals	22
de wuk	22
christmas time	22
gib us	22
marse paul	22
de bottom	22
lived right	22
got together	22
better dan	22
carried us	22
work now	22
miss polly	22
wuz married	22
marster never	22
lived close	22
one old	22
go away	22
miss annie	22
de baptist	22
know dey	22
long ways	22
en hit	22
remember anything	22
taught school	22
north little	22
nearly every	22
sixty years	22
dis house	22
soldiers came	22
fust thing	22
good care	22
de front	22
father lived	22
de smoke	21
never allowed	21
mother never	21
big fine	21
marse robert	21
teach us	21
witch doctor	21
de babies	21
old women	21
two times	21
oh yes	21
de town	21
taught us	21
mah marster	21
since freedom	21
yankees wuz	21
dat ole	21
dat hit	21
good thing	21
stayed till	21
us made	21
old log	21
district marion	21
dat nigger	21
big family	21
kin see	21
eleven years	21
dey gits	21
fresh meat	21
slaves wus	21
something else	21
name wus	21
know de	21
place near	21
de plantations	21
got three	21
going back	21
now lives	21
de second	21
folks never	21
miles north	21
odd jobs	21
slaves wuz	21
de porch	21
wid marse	21
four boys	21
take us	21
neber seed	21
bout de	21
master died	21
like de	21
young ones	21
niggers wuz	21
us back	21
klux come	21
got well	21
large family	21
us played	21
marse hampton	21
old songs	21
mighty well	21
ole mars	21
miss ann	21
yankees took	21
negro men	20
ash cakes	20
folks now	20
progress administration	20
ku kluxes	20
georgia edited	20
yes maam	20
de wall	20
folks wuz	20
just come	20
de smokehouse	20
er de	20
dey sold	20
de wust	20
got shot	20
right good	20
niggers got	20
old now	20
er bout	20
bloody bones	20
men come	20
dey goes	20
broad street	20
county near	20
little boys	20
back speller	20
will never	20
de horses	20
dey looked	20
one died	20
big black	20
folks told	20
four days	20
cow hide	20
de folkses	20
atter awhile	20
mother went	20
lived together	20
ash cake	20
de things	20
marster en	20
mah white	20
works progress	20
mother tole	20
cold weather	20
set us	20
white preachers	20
time dat	20
de right	20
de broom	20
never worked	20
anna pritchett	20
get married	20
made shoes	20
blue coats	20
wuz bad	20
mars white	20
thank god	20
one family	20
split rails	20
eighteen years	20
will tell	20
miss julia	20
ever knowed	20
de ones	20
confederate money	20
white women	20
sum ob	20
room house	20
greene county	20
cut de	20
near de	19
phillips county	19
wuz put	19
dey wore	19
things dat	19
us good	19
pa wuz	19
several days	19
slave woman	19
mah ole	19
church wid	19
ten miles	19
de great	19
knowed dat	19
de family	19
de dogs	19
little piece	19
red mud	19
plantation owners	19
cut wood	19
de corner	19
mother cooked	19
folks done	19
got tired	19
kentucky avenue	19
big man	19
never voted	19
corn meal	19
plantation owner	19
county anna	19
short distance	19
de truf	19
en marse	19
de week	19
hog meat	19
got scared	19
aunt jane	19
far back	19
good place	19
white dress	19
fifty cents	19
three chillun	19
dey calls	19
jefferson davis	19
come around	19
wid old	19
one half	19
mammy wus	19
good woman	19
one door	19
eighty years	19
raised cotton	19
sadday nights	19
chatham county	19
father say	19
former master	19
dem things	19
mama died	19
de grave	19
de loom	19
get work	19
mary jane	19
oldest sister	19
hancock county	19
git ter	19
highest bidder	19
wus free	19
high school	19
open fireplaces	19
ter dem	19
one way	19
project augusta	19
white ladies	19
never told	19
ter wuck	19
next time	19
went wid	19
done dat	19
us needed	19
de hosses	18
good home	18
jine de	18
de county	18
de train	18
four girls	18
us allus	18
much good	18
uncle john	18
jest lak	18
projects administration	18
dis old	18
early days	18
dining room	18
big times	18
will go	18
old blue	18
oldest brother	18
folk history	18
harris augusta	18
ninety years	18
old place	18
dey kept	18
fifty dollars	18
dat little	18
five cents	18
tried ter	18
four hundred	18
many acres	18
ex slave	18
quit work	18
get old	18
pritchett kentucky	18
let nobody	18
one window	18
went right	18
four months	18
typewritten records	18
hear de	18
emancipation proclamation	18
home wid	18
columbia sponsored	18
uncle tom	18
plantation wus	18
master gave	18
mother lived	18
dem patterollers	18
think dat	18
county seat	18
summer time	18
old negress	18
oglethorpe county	18
dey always	18
records prepared	18
blood run	18
went along	18
dey cooked	18
life till	18
think slavery	18
young white	18
ten cents	18
residencies augusta	18
white boy	18
miles south	18
lived wid	18
aunt adeline	18
yankee sojers	18
project work	18
niggers went	18
good deal	18
wash pot	18
prayer meeting	18
folks lived	18
white mens	18
slave narratives	18
whole life	18
dem white	18
big crowd	18
negro slave	18
back porch	18
de mules	18
slaves typewritten	18
de black	18
tote water	18
doctor miller	18
make much	18
congress project	18
thirteen children	18
brought back	18
done come	18
another time	18
place called	18
de paddyrollers	18
work projects	18
till dark	18
dan de	18
little thing	18
member de	18
first work	18
wuz done	18
de songs	18
war closed	18
er heap	18
manuscript division	18
got drunk	18
good health	18
house woman	18
just went	17
night dey	17
burke county	17
like dis	17
dey tells	17
bothered us	17
room log	17
near us	17
ever see	17
work around	17
young missus	17
second husband	17
seen slaves	17
feather bed	17
says mr	17
dey buried	17
general lee	17
will come	17
dis way	17
never lived	17
small farm	17
hot water	17
another place	17
got dar	17
get something	17
reckon dat	17
case dey	17
always called	17
pernella anderson	17
comes back	17
eight dollars	17
de devil	17
john smith	17
every now	17
jest like	17
young niggers	17
old ex	17
hot coals	17
ter marse	17
little fellow	17
district folklore	17
one occasion	17
remember seeing	17
slaves used	17
public work	17
de darkies	17
tell yo	17
de foot	17
de overseers	17
dis place	17
uncle mose	17
large enough	17
time us	17
wants ter	17
plantation without	17
mother come	17
dey git	17
dat money	17
good many	17
de massa	17
house work	17
dey et	17
first day	17
done right	17
wuz mighty	17
white boys	17
one nigger	17
methodist episcopal	17
neither one	17
dey says	17
first name	17
negro girl	17
valls bluff	17
mary ann	17
master came	17
thing dey	17
de two	17
slave sales	17
son named	17
wuz big	17
aunt sarah	17
second time	17
father worked	17
whose name	17
better den	17
good price	17
mother got	17
one little	17
another thing	17
new bern	17
de pot	17
kept de	17
de valls	17
whilst dey	17
marse jack	17
running away	17
wuz raised	17
de people	17
days later	17
go right	17
always lived	17
yo know	17
named john	17
ever done	17
rule th	17
heard tell	17
till freedom	17
th avenue	17
try ter	17
father never	17
white oak	17
wait till	17
dey sot	16
ter come	16
black hair	16
live together	16
de shoes	16
missis wuz	16
eleven children	16
present times	16
one white	16
white family	16
uncle jake	16
wus mighty	16
indian blood	16
dey sung	16
picking cotton	16
next door	16
dey jes	16
ter let	16
long life	16
iron pot	16
marster told	16
de food	16
little place	16
dey caught	16
one ob	16
well cared	16
live stock	16
bull whip	16
hornsby athens	16
time came	16
miss cornelia	16
ginger cakes	16
new master	16
left de	16
ole boss	16
children born	16
colored women	16
red pepper	16
war days	16
made one	16
many folks	16
young miss	16
offen de	16
dat made	16
now dey	16
old men	16
run de	16
never heared	16
come de	16
ter whup	16
white minister	16
heap er	16
one pair	16
de southern	16
dey just	16
family lived	16
use tuh	16
wid er	16
right away	16
mean man	16
ma died	16
monroe county	16
wove cloth	16
miss lucy	16
evvy day	16
de army	16
good lawd	16
soon atter	16
little baby	16
kum ter	16
every slave	16
nigger chillun	16
yes suh	16
dat war	16
dey raised	16
baby boy	16
dem wuz	16
attend church	16
small children	16
see dem	16
mighty nigh	16
home place	16
little negro	16
done anything	16
seven miles	16
old ones	16
gray hair	16
many people	16
mother wuz	16
father came	16
nat turner	16
de corpse	16
house whar	16
make shoes	16
front yard	16
old mars	16
turnip greens	16
winter clothes	16
de reason	16
man came	16
mother took	16
first place	16
episcopal church	16
old black	16
knowed anything	16
klux never	16
well treated	16
en wuz	16
de fambly	16
marse david	16
will forget	16
hundred head	16
us moved	16
even though	16
dey gib	16
dat house	16
washington volume	16
warren county	16
three sons	16
miles east	16
never forget	16
father stayed	16
done give	16
niggers dat	16
pot liquor	16
pore white	16
de room	16
god bless	16
marster bought	16
little black	16
miss sally	16
de riber	16
yankees got	16
aged negro	16
miss sue	16
brown sugar	16
work much	16
sunday night	16
ter live	16
things lak	15
interview state	15
died right	15
wid one	15
special skills	15
far away	15
enough money	15
made em	15
de cabin	15
slave sold	15
fellow slaves	15
dis country	15
run us	15
pretty bad	15
papa went	15
orange county	15
wuz years	15
old uncle	15
one song	15
git us	15
come dey	15
personal history	15
wuz right	15
tea made	15
folks raised	15
went around	15
part indian	15
laundry work	15
eighteen hundred	15
de trees	15
much like	15
never gwine	15
might say	15
de klu	15
feather beds	15
er long	15
eight miles	15
remember hearing	15
night de	15
anybody else	15
new years	15
now living	15
de street	15
negro women	15
hardly ever	15
several children	15
ole days	15
things dey	15
many white	15
will get	15
aunt sally	15
spinning wheel	15
transcriber note	15
mother came	15
er way	15
wilkes county	15
another slave	15
father wuz	15
de president	15
say anything	15
us just	15
one thousand	15
white house	15
places lived	15
turned loose	15
pretty much	15
white person	15
women wore	15
many things	15
sot us	15
whut wuz	15
kin folks	15
charles county	15
marster come	15
father bought	15
dey cotch	15
stars fell	15
one woman	15
er good	15
back door	15
homespun dresses	15
high blood	15
blood pressure	15
days dey	15
de skin	15
remember de	15
de debil	15
marse jordan	15
seed dem	15
long white	15
warm clothes	15
emmaline heard	15
wuz glad	15
willis plantation	15
worked around	15
dey beat	15
know exactly	15
dat dar	15
two colored	15
seed none	15
ter run	15
war times	15
dey sho	15
wuz mean	15
stayed around	15
leave de	15
marse william	15
runaway slaves	15
mighty fine	15
slave years	15
fine house	15
many niggers	15
pulaski street	15
got nothing	15
good size	15
us come	15
iron pots	15
fine man	15
dats de	15
dis day	15
old mule	15
family moved	15
points gained	15
came along	15
de bell	15
done died	15
stamp aug	15
de horse	15
moved back	15
maiden name	15
yellow fever	15
years older	15
oldest son	15
daid now	15
religious activities	15
pay us	15
freed us	15
handwritten note	15
get one	15
get much	15
wuz freed	15
de railroad	15
every week	15
eight months	15
place till	15
us old	14
uncle jim	14
slaves never	14
born near	14
large farm	14
feel like	14
hard tack	14
everything else	14
rail fence	14
overseer got	14
named mr	14
stayed dar	14
de coffins	14
put em	14
made good	14
father got	14
master got	14
now dat	14
negro boy	14
different places	14
marse jeff	14
marster tole	14
george washington	14
five feet	14
ma wuz	14
war wus	14
slaves worked	14
old slaves	14
wus one	14
bowden subject	14
dem yankee	14
wid mah	14
subsequent pages	14
southern army	14
ever lived	14
de bad	14
good money	14
de ladies	14
adjoining plantation	14
ter bed	14
green grove	14
de niggahs	14
got kilt	14
sho wuz	14
many chillun	14
got now	14
place wid	14
little slave	14
dey left	14
stayed two	14
seed one	14
long table	14
northern army	14
wid two	14
men folks	14
master billy	14
de silver	14
little things	14
dinner time	14
dat overseer	14
git away	14
mammy died	14
oak tree	14
since de	14
master took	14
per month	14
enough ter	14
raised corn	14
get nothing	14
grown man	14
mccune athens	14
marse lordnorth	14
case de	14
de creek	14
nobody never	14
dey go	14
old house	14
just stayed	14
owned us	14
soldiers took	14
whole family	14
dey killed	14
taylor address	14
dresses made	14
surrender come	14
de carriage	14
hot weather	14
set de	14
field wuk	14
de well	14
plenty ter	14
dey allus	14
house one	14
little home	14
taken care	14
den dat	14
dat one	14
dey brung	14
good enough	14
de yards	14
real good	14
dem ter	14
plantation wuz	14
another woman	14
git rid	14
nothing else	14
young girl	14
dey will	14
heared tell	14
four times	14
six feet	14
wuz name	14
set around	14
us always	14
just got	14
main street	14
got dere	14
mammy dink	14
named tom	14
blood ran	14
fairly good	14
first teacher	14
yankees comed	14
hit de	14
finally got	14
wuz told	14
hold de	14
de neighbors	14
miss jennie	14
brush arbor	14
daddy wuz	14
things ter	14
cross de	14
people used	14
de new	14
light bread	14
marster called	14
negro slaves	14
little town	14
de wash	14
people say	14
two slaves	14
de days	14
dey ez	14
old tom	14
treated good	14
left home	14
two chillun	14
much time	14
kept us	14
dey stayed	14
following story	14
wuz allus	14
one daughter	14
repetitive information	14
nineteen years	14
thought dey	14
never thought	14
purty good	14
dey comes	14
man told	14
devalls bluff	14
feet long	14
marster died	14
named jim	14
aunt emma	14
young children	14
old mammy	14
done made	14
dey told	14
well enough	14
certain time	13
dey cotched	13
deir white	13
de master	13
got anything	13
woman named	13
five boys	13
will give	13
information deleted	13
ter say	13
gwine tell	13
aint got	13
thousand acres	13
dey stopped	13
de hide	13
de wood	13
uv dem	13
thing dat	13
dey stole	13
home remedies	13
de cause	13
last one	13
comes ter	13
massa tom	13
always good	13
grave yard	13
remember just	13
ter tek	13
onliest one	13
second day	13
yankees done	13
de tomb	13
mighty glad	13
blood hounds	13
de pots	13
fifteen children	13
mother left	13
research worker	13
weeks later	13
help us	13
married us	13
took everything	13
th day	13
submitted december	13
yankees coming	13
crost de	13
good keer	13
born march	13
felt like	13
mississippi river	13
baptist preacher	13
back de	13
miles around	13
ah use	13
colored race	13
niggers never	13
owned slaves	13
way home	13
search worker	13
remarked mr	13
slaves run	13
ole massa	13
note hw	13
dat marster	13
marse gerald	13
den come	13
johnston county	13
sunday clothes	13
whipped us	13
aunt edie	13
de hands	13
de sojers	13
de cyards	13
white chilluns	13
miss lizzie	13
wid mr	13
deir slaves	13
let em	13
wife wus	13
filled wid	13
mean ter	13
colored girl	13
good living	13
dat gal	13
nine miles	13
remember ever	13
house en	13
back wid	13
knowed dey	13
de dead	13
much difference	13
sense enough	13
house boy	13
master called	13
wuz jist	13
de straw	13
ter sleep	13
chillun got	13
mistress hester	13
every word	13
georgia date	13
lives wid	13
mah pa	13
never found	13
one eye	13
miss ellen	13
de wagon	13
de barn	13
iffen dey	13
den one	13
long wid	13
two white	13
go see	13
mama duck	13
jim smith	13
six dollars	13
de tree	13
pulaski county	13
wus allowed	13
wid red	13
every two	13
wuz always	13
cotton seed	13
harnett county	13
garrard county	13
worker federal	13
anderson person	13
washington county	13
ter school	13
feet high	13
good masters	13
one week	13
large one	13
first come	13
saturday nights	13
whilst de	13
de outside	13
ter work	13
apple tree	13
tuk us	13
field till	13
dem two	13
made coffins	13
us de	13
first master	13
fur de	13
mighty nice	13
us right	13
marse thomas	13
seventeen years	13
good warm	13
put together	13
house wuz	13
dis young	13
dem dat	13
story house	13
white friends	13
ter buy	13
talk bout	13
indiana ex	13
lot ob	13
just took	13
share cropped	13
work till	13
wade street	13
father come	13
black cat	13
good crops	13
know bout	13
master come	13
men went	13
jes lak	13
bad weather	13
seventy years	13
little work	13
dey want	13
dis world	13
time since	13
live long	13
christmas eve	13
dem chillun	13
miss ella	13
started working	13
dey died	13
fifty slaves	13
dey use	13
uv us	13
de courthouse	13
big room	13
one hand	13
sometimes us	13
man died	13
wus made	13
good worker	13
man dat	13
dat now	13
de guns	13
us git	13
four chillun	13
mother brought	13
side de	13
de crops	13
us anything	12
sho good	12
chillun used	12
lauana creel	12
wuz just	12
heavy work	12
uncle dick	12
carol graham	12
avenue folklore	12
dey needed	12
sadday night	12
fourteen children	12
jim williams	12
wus bad	12
lived dar	12
times now	12
older dan	12
never came	12
times dey	12
three sisters	12
slave girl	12
neighboring plantations	12
half mile	12
de store	12
lots ob	12
colored teachers	12
atter marse	12
wid miss	12
miss grace	12
first colored	12
one wuz	12
folks took	12
daughter married	12
big ole	12
de oldest	12
mah life	12
de land	12
will forgit	12
womble says	12
day dat	12
will take	12
open fireplace	12
first pair	12
dere slaves	12
slave trader	12
saint augustine	12
married right	12
right along	12
rich folks	12
pay taxes	12
drug store	12
always told	12
raw head	12
come wid	12
big girl	12
corn shucking	12
work like	12
young women	12
fort smith	12
abe lincoln	12
marse ned	12
ole folks	12
take place	12
stay dar	12
made money	12
folks called	12
day time	12
de city	12
well fed	12
stone blind	12
hab ter	12
man en	12
much longer	12
little jobs	12
house gal	12
later years	12
raised everything	12
first heard	12
de haid	12
miss puss	12
ter hab	12
ah went	12
since den	12
west memphis	12
papa died	12
comed ter	12
big oak	12
eber since	12
got good	12
get us	12
four brothers	12
er nigger	12
folks like	12
de body	12
de garden	12
ter church	12
colored soldiers	12
mother tell	12
named sam	12
slave market	12
just lak	12
de boy	12
niggers dey	12
black woman	12
blue uniforms	12
slave traders	12
shrew ball	12
boiling water	12
two young	12
project athens	12
git sick	12
nigger boys	12
blue eyes	12
narratives part	12
free people	12
raised right	12
day de	12
never known	12
miss fanny	12
full name	12
miss betsy	12
school teacher	12
wuz gwine	12
rainy days	12
ma told	12
ox wagon	12
ku kluck	12
ever sold	12
women folks	12
like cattle	12
cook house	12
never used	12
en git	12
de work	12
en hab	12
long years	12
done left	12
de air	12
five sisters	12
wore long	12
give dem	12
good now	12
taking care	12
bother us	12
go git	12
living children	12
us called	12
southern soldiers	12
farm near	12
wooden spoons	12
day us	12
told em	12
hab de	12
folks house	12
half white	12
uh hunh	12
tin pans	12
jackson county	12
get rid	12
african methodist	12
dat white	12
red river	12
de wind	12
public school	12
says ter	12
close together	12
missouri pacific	12
irish potatoes	12
drink stone	12
wife wuz	12
keep em	12
miss jane	12
dat mr	12
heard mother	12
fust one	12
sent back	12
two big	12
blue clothes	12
county lauana	12
folks talk	12
slabery times	12
folks made	12
de gal	12
half indian	12
long tail	12
come round	12
much bout	12
master never	12
get better	12
liza jane	12
us colored	12
kill us	12
de fall	12
de hogs	12
young nigger	12
good cook	12
owned de	12
one mile	12
de driver	12
dis time	12
wuz two	12
wuz young	12
left us	11
extra good	11
atter dinner	11
take em	11
marster made	11
folklore mrs	11
clothes made	11
little help	11
kin git	11
wus afraid	11
stage coach	11
dey found	11
catholic church	11
got much	11
mary hicks	11
real old	11
de fiel	11
note slave	11
ever hear	11
de whites	11
many colored	11
worker jacksonville	11
de milk	11
every way	11
dat marse	11
de news	11
de gin	11
town house	11
nearly starved	11
ellicott city	11
free negroes	11
floyd county	11
sure enough	11
kansas city	11
wus called	11
mary williams	11
iron skillets	11
make em	11
niggers used	11
place dat	11
dallas county	11
just let	11
years now	11
present conditions	11
miss martha	11
half miles	11
man say	11
dey built	11
white families	11
member one	11
nigger hounds	11
seberal years	11
awful bad	11
raised us	11
dey neber	11
lemme see	11
dey cut	11
master went	11
de trufe	11
good hand	11
married marse	11
free school	11
atter dark	11
married three	11
jep davis	11
nine months	11
folks died	11
oldest child	11
seen many	11
done et	11
stuffed wid	11
day dey	11
next week	11
inside de	11
share cropping	11
just across	11
like one	11
pretty fair	11
mile long	11
wid white	11
christmas morning	11
let dat	11
den marster	11
cabin door	11
none age	11
wooden bowls	11
uv em	11
new country	11
ma never	11
story frame	11
grown slaves	11
cause dey	11
knew nothing	11
time fer	11
old folkses	11
big dinners	11
william sherman	11
white apron	11
always went	11
de hot	11
take dat	11
go around	11
two dollars	11
avenue athens	11
make money	11
got five	11
mighty near	11
named mary	11
fer mr	11
yankee soldier	11
six weeks	11
wuz small	11
field woman	11
people got	11
shirt tail	11
boy named	11
father farmed	11
de wimmens	11
right den	11
toted water	11
always got	11
marster went	11
ort ter	11
say much	11
get together	11
bought us	11
many children	11
pa come	11
de shucks	11
white churches	11
got work	11
slaves wore	11
let dem	11
one dat	11
wore homespun	11
wuz gone	11
named bob	11
niggers run	11
went blind	11
weave cloth	11
see em	11
good house	11
year atter	11
dat long	11
small child	11
well known	11
master sent	11
along wid	11
wus put	11
chillun wuz	11
fer seberal	11
never owned	11
de debbil	11
house every	11
congress illustrated	11
four feet	11
three living	11
talk much	11
dat dem	11
till next	11
slave boy	11
place dey	11
git dem	11
ever went	11
third year	11
hed ter	11
black shoes	11
de red	11
cross street	11
white en	11
father used	11
aunt martha	11
never learned	11
ones dat	11
cruel treatment	11
dey doan	11
en sum	11
big log	11
straight hair	11
saw de	11
vanderburgh county	11
house fer	11
sweet milk	11
died two	11
big wooden	11
first man	11