I was wondering this because African Americans of today have last names like Carter or Johnson or something along those lines and I'm pretty sure those are not native names to Africa.
2006-11-30 10:06:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well, maybe slave women married some americans and voila.
Or they have been Americanized
Or you answered yourself
2006-11-30 10:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by Oh Dee! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Slaves couldn't 'take' anything. They'd be whipped if they did.
Initially, when brought over from Africa, the African first names like Coobah, Phiba, etc were present. Many times these were changed for the owner's convenience, sometimes to rediculous names like 'Mary Princess of Wales' (Mary Prince) or other high-sounding (but insulting) monikers. Slaves didn't have last names. Only much later, after they were freed did they start to adopt them.
2006-11-30 20:00:06 · answer #2 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More complicated than that. Some were originally identified by an Anglicized first name, then the family name of the owner ("Benson's Tom" might become "Tom Benson). After the Civil War, many freed slaves took the family names of former owners, or of famous Americans like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or Thomas Jefferson.
Of course, in the case of the Jeffersons, many are truly related to Thomas through his dalliance with his slave Sally Heming, since proven by DNA analysis.
2006-11-30 10:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by Jim P 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-11-30 10:17:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they were given an english first name like Tom or Beth or somthing, and they took their owners last names.
2006-11-30 10:11:12 · answer #5 · answered by li_marie16 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did take the last name of their owners this is how they were identified
2006-11-30 10:11:36 · answer #6 · answered by Ashley B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becuse we, whites, don't dwell on the past. also we don't have the need as a race to have some form of reason/excuse for the things that have affected us. look at the site listed and learn a little reason why the history of white slavery isn't a focal point to our race.
2016-05-23 06:04:52 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more like given. Slave masters gave the slaves the name the slave didn't tke it.
2006-12-02 16:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they did.
2006-11-30 10:19:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no..............
2006-11-30 10:14:12 · answer #10 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋