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"To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary. When we take away the right to an individual name, we symbolically take away the right to be an individual.."
--Erica Jong, How to Save Your Own Life
List of Slaves with Documented Surnames
Records of slave surnames are rare. Most slaves are identified in official documents with only a given, or first, name. Frequently even those names have been shortened into nicknames or familiar names. The following slaves, however, are identified in official documents by both a given and a surname. This is important because it allows us to track them through subsequent census records and other official records.
To see the records for the enslaved persons listed, click on the highlighted slaveholder's surname. You will be taken to the first listing for that slaveholder.
Enslaved Person's Name, followed by the Slaveholder's Name
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- Anderson, Daniel -- see Young, James
- Armstrong, Comfort -- see Duncan, Daniel
- Armstrong, Nancy -- see Duncan, Daniel
- Armstrong, Sally -- see Duncan, Daniel
- Beard, Jack -- see Laird
- Black, Thom -- see Orr, John
- Cogan, Maria -- see Laughlin, John Jr.
- Collins, Harry -- see Fisher, Thomas
- Diven, James -- see Linn, Andrew
- Dorset, Aaron -- see Pollock, Oliver
- Duffy, Jack -- see Bell, Andrew
- George, Elmer -- see Goodman, Simon
- Green, John -- see Woods, Jane
- Green, Phebe -- see Woods, Jane
- Harris, Jack -- see Irwine, Matthew
- Hill, Harry -- see Irwine, Matthew
- Johnston, Jane -- see Moore, John, (2)
- Logan, Abram -- see Morton, Edward
- Luis, Batsy -- see Duncan, Daniel
- Luis, George -- see Duncan, Daniel
- McClintock, Jenny -- see Hendle, Bernard
- Parker, Joshua -- see Dickson, John
- Robison, Jack -- see Hughes, John
- Tim, Jonathan -- see Smith, Mr.
- Watts, George -- see Raum, John
- White, Thom -- see Orr, John
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