The Apostle explained, "'T ain't so much thechillun as the grown folks, specially the men folks.
I dunno, darter, but some of His chillun does, an' that's a fack.
An' y'ever sence den, when darkness falls, She gives de lost chillun her Good-night calls!
Us chillun used to play 'Miss Mary Jane,' and us would pat our hands and walk on broom grass.
De bigges' boys was 'lowed to measure out and fix de stock feed, but de most of us chillun jus' played in de cricks and woods all de time.
I have ter always call one of the chillun when I go there cause I can't see how ter get back ter the house.
Grandma didn't think chillun ought to see funerals, so de first one I ever seed, wuz when ma died two years atter de War wuz done over.
My ma had three chillun durin' de war and one jus' atter de war.
De same Uncle Jim what made our beds made our wooden bowls what dey kept filled wid bread and milk for de chillun all day.
Grandma never did see none of her other chillun or her husband no more, and us never did hear nothin' 'bout 'em.
If dey wuz any pore white folkses 'round dar, us chillun never heared nothin' of 'em.
I don't know what de others had in dey cabins 'cause ma didn't 'low her chillun to visit 'round de other folkses none.
Now that it's all over I don't find life so good in my old age, as it was in slavery time when I was chillun down on Marster's plantation.
When de Ku Kluxers come thoo', us chillun thought de devil wuz atter us for sho'.
Slave chillun warn't sposen to have none, so us had to swipe what 'bacco us got.
Marbles was de favorite game of de chillun dem days but us never got to play much lak chillun does dese days, 'cause times was so hard right atter de war dat as soon as chillun got big enough dey had to go to wuk.
Us chillun was allus skeered to play in de thicket nigh de house 'cause Raw Head and Bloody Bones lived der.
She wuz done grown an' had chillun when I wuz little baby.
One or maybe two old women would stay in a big house and keep all de chillun while their mothers worked in de fields.
Her large philosophy of life held that all human beings were "chillun," and "chillun was bound to act bad sometimes.
I was the oldest of seven chillun and when I got big enough to work they worked me in the field.
Ain't strict on chillunnow like the old folks was.
I went to school a little, but chillunin them days had to work.
Don't know how many chillun we had--have to go back and study over it.
I remember when a man come through to 'vascinate' all the chillun that was born in slavery times.
When we had six chillun me and mah wife moved tuh Kansas.
Old master make us put the chillun to bed fo' dark.
I can see us chillun sittin' on the gallery watchin' em.
My age got away from me, that's how come I had to write home for it, but I had three chillun when I come to this country; I know that.
When we were chillunme other brudders and five sisters played marbles together.
De beds hed ropes instead of slats and de chillun slept on de floor.
All us chillun an mammy live in a log cabin dat wuz lauge enuf foh us an we sleep in good beds, tall ones an' low ones dat went undaneath, trundles dey call 'em, and de covahs wuz comfohtable.
Der wuz no food allowance for chillun that could not work and my grandmother fed us out of her and my mudders allowance.
After Yankees come, my ole mother come home and all chillun together.
John, my son is sickly and not able to work and my daughter, Mamie has nine chillun to support.
I hed two chillun but dey died and my wife died a long, long time ago.
She had four chillun by my father who wuz a white man.
De littlechillun was put in charge, in de daytime, wid an old 'mauma', as they called them in them days.
I tell my chillun I just bout turn against dese sausage de people make bout here dese days.
Mighty nigh all de chillun had a little teency bag of asafetida, on a string 'round they necks, to keep off diseases.
Would give dem so much of meal en meat en molasses to last dem a week en dey would feed all de nigger chillun to de big house 'tween meals.
Lord, de chillun what I nurse, dey got seven en eight head of chillun of dey own now.
She wouldn' never allow none of dem other nigger chillun to come nowhe' round whe' she was cause dem what went bout de Missus never didn' stay to de nigger quarter no time.
De little chillun would scrouge around wid deir tin cups and dip into de pan for de bean, pea, or turnip pot liquor.
Him have three chillun by mother: Me, Audie, and Nancy.
Fo' three yeahs he done bin workin' In de penitentiary, En he got ter stay dar longer Frum de chillun en frum me.
He am sho a fine one, en I proud ter take him home, En de mammy en de chillun wake ter see him when he come; En I singe his tender hide Till it look lak it done fried, Den I try ter go ter sleep, but my eyes stay open wide.
En when dey all go in ter heah De chillun speak en sing, Dat boy--he go en drap dat ice Right in de bubblin' spring!
Den when he cut a new set, de chillun ob Isr'l broke 'em all again.
Us chillun done lots of flightin' like chillun will do.
He raised lots of 'bacco and rationed it out to mens, but he never 'lowed chillun to have none 'til dey was big enough to wuk in de fields.
What dey give chillun de most of was potlicker poured over cornbread crumbs in a long trough.
All th' nigger chillunstayed all day with a woman that was hired to take care of them.
Now, little chillun jus' a few years old goes anywhar dey wants to.
It seem lak de good Lord musta answered de prayers ob his chillun fo' 'long way down de road we seed our Massa comin' an' he brung men an' horses to git us safely ta de ole home.
In hot weather chillun wore jus' one piece; dat was a plain slip, but in cold weather us had plenty of good warm clothes.
Marster, he jus' laughed den and told us chillun what was hangin' round de door to jus' listen to dem 'omans cackle.
He sont it to de factory to have it carded into bats and us chillun spun de thread at home and mammy and Mistess wove it into cloth for our winter clothes.
My time as chillun was all tuk up nussin' Mistess' little chillun, and I sho didn't never git nary a lick 'bout dem chillun.
Us chillun had good times back den, yes Mam, us sho did.
She have five chillun by him, three boys an' two gals.
Didn't 'low us chillun to go but we'd slip up there anyway.
When I come to this country of Arkansas I brought twelve chillun and left four in North Carolina.
In them days when chillun j'ined de church some grown person had ter speak fuh em an tell if they thought they wuz converted or not.
He built him a house in town where his white wife live an' she de mammy of a heap of chillun too by dis same man.
Ole mars had a right good size house in dar 'mongst de quarters where dey kept all de babies en right young chillun whilst dey mammies workin' in de fields pickin' en hoein' time.
I've had six wives and had twenty-nine chillun by the six wives.
Other folks would let their chillun rest but he wouldn't let his chillun rest.
Whilst it wasn't right for dem to do like dat, dem what did have 'em a nigger woman what dey hadchillun by sure took care of de whole gang.
I wuz a grown en settled man when I fust cum here en hed chillun nigh bout growd.
They would fill dis trough wid buttermilk and all us chillun would git roun' th' trough an drink wid our mouths an hol' our johnny cake wid our han's.
De man wuz a blacksmith, de woman a cook, an one of theirchillun wuz waitin boy.
He give dat woman an' dem chillun dey livin' till de chillun done grown an' de woman she dead.
They had a big cook kitchen at the big house and we chillun would be out in the yard playin'.
No ma'm, I wasn't sold cause my mother had three or four chillun and boss man wouldn't sell dem what had chillun cause dem chillun was hands for him.
Dey was fifty or a hundred chillun on de place and dey had a big long trough dug out of a log and each chile had a spoon and he'd eat out of dat trough.
When the white chillun come of age they drawed for the colored folks.
In de time of slavery annudder thing what make it tough on de niggers was dem times when er man an' he wife an' their chillun had to be taken 'way from one anudder.
Didn't 'low us chillun in de white folks' house at all.
Den when a mars die what had a heap of slaves, these slave niggers be divided up 'mongst de mars' chillun or sold off for to pay de mars' debts.
Ole miss, she have a big dishpan full of clabber and she tells de girl to set dat down out in de yard and she say, 'Give all dem chillun a spoon now and let dem eat dat.
When he kin, de man in de carriage got de two big step-chillun in with him and me and sis' clumb in too, to see how come.
By'n by, a man coaxes de two bigges' chillun to de carriage and give dem some kind-a candy.
De step chillun was sol' to somebody else, but us was bought by Marse Riley Surratt.
Brudder Knox, Sis Hannah, and my mammy and her two step-chillun was down on de river washin'.
Some of de ol'es' chillun 'member dey daddy and dey crazy for him to come and dey mek up de money for him.
My dear, I don't know how many I had but I heard my mother say that all the chillun she did have, that she had 'leven chillun.
Had a old woman that cooked for the chillun at the quarters.
In dem days on meetin' Sunday fokes would go ter church and carry de chillun but now not neither the chillun nor dey ma's go either.
Ah wanted tuh learn tuh read so ah hung eroun ole mistess when she wuz teachin huh chillun tuh read.
Old woman what cooked for the chillun was old Aunt Henie and she walked half bent with a stick.
When we was comin' up they didn't 'low the chillun to sit around where the old folks was talkin'.
And at night when company come in, we chillun had to go to bed out the way.
I heered 'em talk 'bout how they'd do the folks and we chillun thought they'd do us the same way.
Old folks done put thechillun where they is now and they ought to take care of 'em.
Some them chillun used to read us li'l things out of papers and books.
I 'member I helt a hoe handle mighty onsteady when they put a old woman to larn me and some otherchillun to scrape the fields.
On Sunday dey make all de chillun change, and what we wears 'til we gits our clothes washed was gunny sacks wid holes cut for our head and arms.
Kilpatrick, my massa, he'd buy my maw and her threechillun with all the money he had, iffen he'd sell her.
But he had the fines', sweetes' chillun the Lawd ever let live and breathe on this earth.
Onct two of them goes down the hill to the doll house where the Kilpatrick chillun am playin'.
Then massa marries a rich lady from Mississippi and they has chillun for company to Miss Sara and seem like for a time she forgits me.
I think Gawd done took that burden offen his black chillun and I'm aimin' to praise him for it to his face in the days of Glory what ain't so far off.
But she don't never have no morechillun and she ain't so cordial with the massa.
She say, 'It look kind of funny they got the same kind of hair and eyes as my chillun and they got a nose looks like yours.
I 'tended to de chillun when I was a little gal and tried to clean de house jes' like ole miss tells me to.
I dunno what all he give de ol' folks but he give de chillun candy and de like.
He say, 'Cook him and bring me de hind quarters and you and de wife and de chillun eat de rest.
Old folks would drink coffee, but chillun would drink milk, especially butter milk.
I lef de plantation my old Missus and Massa home and got on a steam boat on de Ohio Ribber and nursed de chillunfoh de Captain and he's wife on dat boat foh about two year.
He never said his wife's name no more, but was allus talkin' of them chillun he done left behind.
I seed the women and little chillun cryin' and beggin' not to be separated, but it didn' do no good.
We lib on a big farm and my mudder suckle her thirteen chillun and ole mistus seven.
De women wuks in de fields until dey has chillun and when de chillun's ole enough to wuk in de fields den de mother goes to ole man Foley's house.
Now I's jes' stayin' 'round wid my chillunand dey takes good care of me.
I don't know what I'd done, but one my old Marse Will's chillun done settle close by and they let me work for them, and built me a log house and I farmed on halves.
Some dem chillun drif' 'bout now and I wouldn' know 'em if I seed 'em!
My massa had 15 chillun and my mamma suckled every one of dem, 'cause his wife was no good to give milk.
I seen some slaves sold off dat big auction block and de little chillun sho' would be a cryin' when dey takes dere mothers away from dem.
Lots of l'il chillunwas sold 'way from de mammy when dey seven or eight, or even smaller.
We uster ride stick hosses and play 'roun' at all dem t'ings what chillun play at.
I seedchillun too lil' to walk from dey mammies sol' right off de block in Woodville.
De white chillun larned us to read and write at night, but I never paid much 'tention, but I kin read de testament now.
De big folks sleeps in de low beds and de chillun above, 'cause dey can climb.
And I birthed fourteen head of chillun by dat one man!
I wish I could 'cause they's a heap a things I'd like that my chillun and grandchillun can't get for me.
Pappy used to play that on his fiddle and have us chillun tryin' to dance.
Ma and herchillun was out wallowin' in the dirt when the Yankees come by.
Ella, she worked in da house cooking for Miss Fannie an' nussin' de chillunand she plumb crazy 'bout de chillun an' dey just as satisfied wid her as dey was wid dere mama and Ella thought more dem chillun dan she did anybody.
I member when the soldiers went by and we chillun run under the house.
Paul McCall raised me up with his chillunand I never did call him master, just called him pappy, and Jim McCall, I called him brother Jim.
Chillun ain't able to help me none 'cept give me a little bread and give me some medicine once in a while.
Used to call uschillun and say, 'You little devils, come up here and dance' and have us marchin'.
I 'member the Yankees come and took us chillun and the old folks to Vicksburg.
Old folks didn't low us chillun round when they was talkin' bout their business, no ma'am.
I 'member the old man that seed after the chillun while their parents was gone, he said I was eight when freedom come.
I come up here cause my chillun was here and my wife wanted to come here.
Why, law yes, honey, my mammy and Miss Fanny raised dey chillun together.
Dese yere chillun ain' no call to be in de street.
Miss Virginy, you' Daddy ain' want all des yere chillun in dis caah.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chillun" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
