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Last names of former slaves

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Re: Last names of former slaves

aqw8326  (View posts) Posted: 28 Feb 2013 3:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Paul,
I have been recently been checking the list of slaves, and it seems most of them had last names. Children usually carried their father's name, even if he was the Plantation owner or overseer. The Danish were vere liberal.
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