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Jan 23, 2020 · Using these new data sources, we found that names like Alonzo, Israel, Presley and Titus were popular both before and after emancipation among blacks. We also learned found that roughly 3% of...
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Feb 6, 2021 · Using these new data sources, we found that names like Alonzo, Israel, Presley and Titus were popular both before and after emancipation among Blacks. We also learned found that roughly...
- Trevon Logan
Feb 24, 2022 · Naming, particularly after emancipation, was a complex matter influenced by newfound agency, and the reasons behind choosing a particular surname varied. Eliana Rodgers for NBC News
Mar 14, 2016 · After Emancipation, many former slaves adopted new names and surnames. They did so either to take on a surname for the first time, or to replace a name or surname given to them by a former master. Here, three different former slaves discuss their names and the changes they underwent after Emancipation.
Parman using post-Civil War data were common names among blackswell before Emancipation. In particular, we find that roughly the same percentage of blacks have black names in the antebellum period as they did in the postbellum period. Second, these same black names are racially distinctive in the antebellum period.
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Mar 1, 2015 · With emancipation, liberated slaves abandoned diminutive names like Betty or Tom for the full given name (e.g. Elizabeth, Thomas). For surnames, they had a wide range of choices — the surname...
Jan 23, 2020 · Using these new data sources, we found that names like Alonzo, Israel, Presley and Titus were popular both before and after emancipation among blacks. We also learned found that roughly...
