I could go right back to de graveyard effen I was there.
He tells all of us dat he will pay us effen we will stay an' wuck, so me an' my family we stays on.
White folks never recognize 'em any more thaneffen dey was a dog.
When Marse Jim's pappy die he leave de whole thing to Marse Jim, effen he take care of his mammy.
Some time dey make us tell effen dey think we know.
Taint no use to say anything case effenshe do she jes git whipped.
Effen he hadn't had a Bible in his pocket de bullet go clear through his heart.
Nowadays when I heah folks a'growlin an' a'grumblin bout not habbin this an' that I jes think what would they done effen they be brought up on de Moore plantation.
My pa say yuh mus' train up uh child in de way he oughta go en den effen dey stray 'way, dey sho' come back a'ter while.
Effen I can' do em no good, ain' gwinna do no harm en ain' gwinna 'buse em neither.
I tellin' yuh peoples gotta work effen dey gwinna ge' to de right place when dey leab heah.
Effen de peoples ne'er didn't go to chu'ch in dem days, dey stay home.
Oh Lord, it would a nearly kilt her effen any body'd hit one of her darkies; I'd always stay in the house and took care of Ole Miss.
Dem niggers wuz scared 'mos' to death, 'cause dey knew it would mean 100 lashes for evah las' one ob dem effen dey got caught.
Mammy was uh Injun an' muh pappy was uh white man, least-ways he warn't no slave even effen he was sorta dark-skinned.
Effen he comes botherin' 'roun' heah agin I'll ten' to him!
Effen yo'all doan come now, de eatments will be spiled.
Atter dat evvybody would hav' eggnog an' barbecue an' cake effen dey had de money to buy it.
Howsome ebber, he do say effen enybody wants ter stay wid him, en live right on in de same cabins, dey kin do it, effen dey promise him ter be good niggers en mine him lak dey allus done.
It would be fine effen evvy Negro had a marster like Jedge Lumpkin, but dey won't all dat sort.
Effen it wuz money dey gimme, I jes' couldn't wait to run to de sto' and spend it for candy.
Effen my mammy or pappy ever runned away from Marster, I ain't heered tell uv it, but Mammy said dat when slaves did run away, dey wuz cotched an' whupped by de overseer.
Effen he did dat rat quick, an look over 'is lef' shoulder whilst de shovel gittin' hot, den maybe no no nigger gwine die dat week on dat plantation.
Dey wuz allus skeerteffen dey didn't be smart and do right, dey might git sold to some marster dat would beat 'em, and be mean to 'em.
Evvybody oughter be good and jine de church, but dey sho' oughtn't to jine effen dey still gwine to act like Satan.
Effen a man or a 'oman kilt another one den dey wuz branded wid er hot i'on.
My mammy, she tole me, I wuz bawned de same night ez Miss Willie wuz, en mammy allus tole me effen I ever want ter know how ole I is, jes' ask my white folks how ole Miss Willie is.
De Mrs. like me and she like me and she say effen you want sompin ask foh it, anytime you want sompin or haff to have, get it.
De free slaves had land effendey knowed what to do with.
Effen dey didn want you to get married, they wouldn let you.
Effen any slaves were sick dey come to de house for splies and medsin.
Cause the chances is he wouldn't do it, noways, effen he feared it mout mean a sacrifice on my part fur me to come to him.
They fed us good and plenty but a nigger is jus' bound to pick up chickens and eggs effen he kin, no matter how much he done eat!
Effen you want a restin' place atter you leaves this old world you ought to git ready for it now!
Sometimes we 'ud sing effen we felt sad and lowdown, but soon as we could, we 'ud go off whar we could go to sleep and forgit all 'bout trouble!
Effen a nigger ain't busy he gwine to git into mischief!
Effen the slaves gittin' married was house servants, sometimes they married on the back porch or in the back yard at the big 'ouse but plantation niggers what was field hands married in they own cabins.
Folkses saideffen they cotched niggers out at night they 'ud give 'em 'what Paddy give the drum'.
But them Ku Kluxers kept on atter 'em twels't they larned they jus got to be good effen they 'spects to stay round here.
Sometimes on a plantation a nigger claim he done been called to preach and effen he kin git his marster's cawn-sent he kin preach round under trees and in cabins when t'aint wuk time.
Folkses done told us Raw-Head-and-Bloody Bones lived in the woods and git little chilluns and eat 'em up effen they got out in the woods atter dark!
You gotter labor and wuk hard effen you aims to live and eet and have clothes to wear.
Effen we didn' have a big stack of fat kindling wood lit up to dance by, sometimes the mens and 'omans would carry torches of kindling wood whils't they danced and it sho' was a sight to see!
Effen a nigger done sumpin' disorderly they jus' natcherly tuk a lash to 'im.
Nobody ought to jine no church twels't he is truly borned of God, and effen he is truly borned of God he gwine know it.
Every whistle in the row was a different tone and you could play any kind of tune you wants effen you had a good row of quills.
T'ing ain' gwinna do nobody no good effen dey gotta worry dey head so mucha 'bout whey de next comin' from.
Effen it wuz uh rainy day, dey ne'er go in de field.
Effen de sun look lak it wuz gwinna shine, de o'erseer'ud send em in de field to work en dey'ud stay in de field aw day till sun up in de evenin'.
Dey jes rub dem flint rocks tergedder right fas' en let de sparks day makes drap down on er piece er punk wood, en dey gits er fire dat way effen dey is lucky.
Effen de fire go out, kaze some nigger git keerless 'bout it, den somebuddy gotter go off ter de next plantation sometime ter git live coals.
But effen it was me I'd know mighty quick what to do.
An' effen I can't sweep 'em off I kin spank 'em out.
Effen our house burns down, I want to die too," she whispered.
Effen they was mine, I'd give you one anyways," she argued with Nell, but to no avail.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "effen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
