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14 The Conjure Woman

"Dey wuz a sight er niggers in de naberhood er de vimya'd. Dere wux ole Mars Henry Brayboy's niggers, en ole Mars Jeems McLean's niggers, en Mars Dugal's own niggers; den dey wuz a settlement er free niggers en po' buck-rahs down by de Wim'l'ton Road, en Mars Dugal' had de only vimya'd in de naberhood. I reckon it ain' so much so nowadays, but befo' de wah, in slab'ry times, a nigger did n' mine goin' fi' er ten mile in a night, w'en dey wuz sump'n good ter eat at de yuther een'.
"so atter a wi'ile Mars Dugal' begin ter miss his scuppernon's. Co'se he 'cuse' de niggers er it, but dey all 'nied it ter de las'. Mars Dugal' sot spring guns en steel traps, en he en de oberseah sot up nights once't er twice't, tel one night Mars Dugal' - he 'uz a monst's keerless man - got his leg shot full er cow-peas. But somehow er nudder dey could n' nebber ketch none er de niggers. 

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The penultimate sentence has two em dashes that I was unable to format. They should be changed.