How Do You Feel Having a Slave Masters Last Name?

[Ineedmoney504]

Beaudreaux, Fontentot, Malveaux, Thibideaux...that's all off the top of my head without looking at that list! Lol

Just looked at the list...how could i forget Broussard?? lol

Or babinoux....however u spell

 

[Pit Bull]

Whole Lotta going on round here

 

[Pit Bull]

For a very long time it was illegal for any black person under slavery to inherit the name of a white person ever, in fact, most slaves didn't have formal last names at all, but by associating their denomination with the plantation they were bound to, it was one of the very few ways most enslaved blacks had of being able to connect with or identify their families or lineages upon being separated. And on top of that a lot of slaves upon being freed with no name of their own simply chose romanized last names to identify themselves by as a way of assimilating into their new culture and environment. There are a lot more factors as to why blacks in the diaspora have the names they do aside from "slave master last names"

No one knows a goddamned thing about African American history aside from bullshyt myths. The same line of idiots think every drop of white blood in AAs comes from slave rape.

 

[Luken]

Were you adopted?

He's a yardman

 

[Virtuous_Brotha]

Well from when a lot of Africans are willingly changing there first and last name to be more european does it really matter. Being called John is no different to being called jamal (which is arabic)

 

[DreadBrown]

Nah my middle and Surname are from Jamaican national heroes

They might have been slave master names at some point but thats not why I got them today

 

[EA]

Were you adopted?

My mum's Jamaican and my dad isn't a traditional Nigerian so I'm pretty much Nigerian in name only from a culture perspective.

 

[Archangel]

Update: After doing a dna test, I found out 42% of my dna derives from the Cameroon, Congo and Southern Bantu peoples. So I'm currently researching their cultures and pre slavery history. Also looking at names because I really want to change my last name.

Since making this thread, I've gotten married and now have a 6 month old son and I can't look him in the eyes knowing that his last name belongs to a man that hated him.

 

[agpxknt]

Got my ancestry results a while back, I'm Nigerian
The change is already in process:mudiayfly:

My ancestry results have been "updated"
I have 0 "Nigerian" DNA
The change is still in process:mudiayfly:I already got my new first name down

 

[AuntAnniesPretzels]

Update: After doing a dna test, I found out 42% of my dna derives from the Cameroon, Congo and Southern Bantu peoples. So I'm currently researching their cultures and pre slavery history. Also looking at names because I really want to change my last name.

Since making this thread, I've gotten married and now have a 6 month old son and I can't look him in the eyes knowing that his last name belongs to a man that hated him.

Change that shyt to “Black” or “King” or something. I feel like straight up picking an african name would alienate him from other AAs. Do what you want tho , if it was me I would just pick an english word that conveyed strength and high self esteem

 

[Be Strong Blackman]

this has always fascinated an OG like myself

 

[⠀X ⠀]

It's not something I think about. I like my name

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

Bring this energy back to thecoli








wtf is this I'm not African wrapping yourself in the US flag shyt

 

[Archangel]

I couldn't find my original og ancestors. Only got back to the 1840s

Idk where I came from. A family called the Osbornes owned my ancestors in the 1840-1870s

Who am I?

 

[Benefited]

Worry less about changing your name,and more about changing your location. Its like getting a divorce from your abusive husband,but yall still live together AND you still getting beat from time to time. But at least you don't have that last name anymore