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Ah had heard ole fokes talk bout when yo go ter pray chains and things would track yer tenshun.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration

"Don't know, Sah, dwey done pay no tenshun to me and I just kep on going until heah I is."

From Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville by Robbins, Edward Mott