The beautiful, full voice of the "darkey" is so attractive -- so soothing, and they are so deft and gentle. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Snowball was still dormant, buried in a slumber profound and unconscious, -- such as only a "darkey" can enjoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea] Reference
She must be allowed, please, to except the 'darkey' from the 'all'; it is too bitter a pill with black people in it. From Wordnik.com. [A Voice From the South] Reference
Florida, promoting the Klan and bragging about efforts to terrorize and harass "darkey" in campus speeches and publications. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Page 232 captain and the other their master, and then carry the ship into a British port, where every 'darkey' of them was set free. From Wordnik.com. [The Heroic Slave. From Autographs for Freedom, Ed. Julia Griffiths] Reference
"What dat?" demanded the darkey, his eyes rolling. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
With a perfectly serious face the darkey declaimed. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
The old darkey, however, was not frightened at the motion. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
"Den we are ready to start," declared the darkey, solemnly. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
"Oh, lawsy-massy-gollyation!" yelped the frightened darkey. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
When I slave time darkey, dat front had flowers and figgers. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2] Reference
When the old darkey had been dismissed the coachman was recalled. From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
"But, mind, my darkey friend, you'll have to work for your passage!". From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
Old Cye was another old darkey in the neighborhood, prowling around. From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
Mark Sampson were not frightened in the same way as the darkey and the. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
Nathan was Mandy's better half, a darkey of a deeply religious nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
John Good, a darkey blacksmith, used to shoe de horses fer de Ku Klux. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2] Reference
"Not a-tall! not a-tall!" rejoined the darkey, shaking his woolly head. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
An old darkey, who was famed for his skill as a butcher, was employed by. From Wordnik.com. [How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony] Reference
I soon overtook the darkey, who never could make much headway in his boots. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
To shriek out in alarm would neither save the darkey nor frighten off the bear. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
There were some frame houses, an part log houses, we called 'em the darkey houses. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
When near Lebanon, Ky., a bright darkey, very witty, kept the camp alive with his humor. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
"Yo 'suah can't git erlong widout me, I s'pose?" queried the darkey, in some uncertainty. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
Running down to the canoe, the little darkey was back in a moment with one of the paddles. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference
But the darkey wanted to see how the boys proposed to go about the work of capturing the walrus. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
Meanwhile the darkey had come into the great shed and was slowly walking around the flying machine. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
I then inquired, jumping down from Prince's back as I spoke and giving the reins also in charge of our darkey groom. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
"Ah, you dunno all I can do, Massa Cap'en," replied the darkey eagerly, rising again to his feet now, all animation. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
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