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Help[Surname] Re: Freeman
in reply to a message by Vincent
What Lepic said. Technically, white people were the ones who created European surnames, so there were white Freemans before there were black Freemans.
But yes, freed slaves did sometimes change their names to refect their racial pride or self-accomplishment. They also took up surnames such as Black, Brown, Coal and Guinea. :)
(According to The Oxford Companion To African American Literature)
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But yes, freed slaves did sometimes change their names to refect their racial pride or self-accomplishment. They also took up surnames such as Black, Brown, Coal and Guinea. :)
(According to The Oxford Companion To African American Literature)
https://www.behindthename.com/polls/356294
https://www.behindthename.com/polls/356351
https://www.behindthename.com/polls/member/181370
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Is this surname the majority of white people now?
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Probably. But it depends. For example, most people in the US are white, so there are probably more white Freemans. Even before slavery, many people of different races were serving someone else to get by. So there were white servants in America and white slaves elsewhere. I'd say that whites take up most of the English surnames in the world.
I hope this answers your question! :3
I hope this answers your question! :3
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