Vulgar words in Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 (Page 1)

This book at a glance

cuss x 2
damn x 1
up in there x 1
white trash x 1
            

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And she snatched a palling off the fence and nearly beat them poor white trash to death.

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The ole man spoke then and said: 'Well, damn you, dash you take her.'

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"Youns notice how the younguns cuss this day.

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In the olden days the women didn't cuss out loud but they did 'wooden cussin.'

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"Honey don' you know that if you make a hole in a tree and put a hair from the head of the person you want to hoodoo in the tree and seal it up in there the person will go crazy.

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