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date: 05 December 2024

African American Family Names 

Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names
Author(s):
Simon LenarčičSimon Lenarčič

The history of African Americans, from western and central African origins, through enslavement and the Middle Passage, and eventually to freedom, brought more change to a collective sense of self-identity, and consequently, naming patterns, than experienced by any other group to people the Americas. This essay will explore those changes, speaking to the development of African American family names in those who trace their ancestry back to the enslaved peoples taken to the territories of the US from the 17th to 19th century.... ...

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