Vulgar words in Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Florida Narratives (Page 1)

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I jes' goes into a saloon, peaceful like, an' a damn Limey says, pointin' to a British flag on dere own ship, 'You see dat flag?'

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"What's dis,' Ah say to de man ahead o' me, 'huccome dat white man don't bus' dat damn yeller swab wide open?'

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He thinks this was due to the fact that certain "po white trash" in the vicinity of their plantation owned slaves.

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It was, he further stated like "damning a nigger's soul, if Marse Tom or Marse Bryant threatened to sell him to some po' white trash.

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