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00:00 Intro
01:44 Robinson
02:17 Harris
02:47 Thomas
03:08 Davis
03:35 Jackson
04:05 Brown
04:25 Jones
04:53 Smith
05:13 Johnson
05:36 Williams

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Nothing seems more basic than a surname or last name, but selfidentifying as a part of a group or a family is a right that we take for granted. In fact, this right was not afforded to most AfricanAmericans until after slavery was abolished.

Many people forced into bondage were given names by their white masters because they were used as a way to diminish black people as property. This practice severed many of the ties to the African roots of many AfricanAmericans which is why it can be very challenging for us to trace our roots. Many enslaved people taken from Africa were renamed in the Americas and even given the last name of their oppressor.

After emancipation, more and more Black Americans started selfidentifying, choosing their own surnames, and changing up the last names they were given to make them their own. There were those who, after emancipation, took on the same name of their plantation or kept the name given to them for identification purposes, so they could find and reunite family members that there separated from.

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