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Sindrei [870]
2 years ago
13

How did this formerly enslaved person choose their name?​

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1 answer:
telo118 [61]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Slaves themselves sometimes chose names denoting weather conditions at the time of their child's birth or some distinctive feature of his or her appearance. Geographic names were common, as were the names of ships or distant ports for slaves born in places such as Wilmington or New Bern.

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