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Enslaved Black people remained legally nameless from the time of their capture until American enslavers purchased them. [1] Economic historians Lisa D. Cook, John Parman and Trevon Logan have found that distinctive African-American naming practices happened as early as in the Antebellum period (mid-1800s).
Males. John; William; James; Charles; George; Frank; Joseph; Thomas; Henry; Robert; Edward; Harry; Walter; Arthur; Fred; Albert; Samuel; David; Louis; Joe; Charlie ...
Anarcha Westcott (c. 1828–unknown), a black woman enslaved in the United States who was one of the several enslaved women experimented on by J. Marion Sims. Portrait of Andrey Voronikhin. Engraving by V. A. Bobrov from the beginning of the 19th century. Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814), Russian serf, architect and painter.
From about 1870 to 1900, America was in the throes of its “Gilded Age” – a term we’ve been hearing a lot about thanks to the success of HBO Max’s The Gilded Age. Basically, thanks to the ...
Some names are so popular that they've been go-tos for decades. Check out the most popular names every decade since the 1880s to see if yours ever cracked the top 10.
A few Black women cowboys are known by name, including Henrietta Williams Foster, a "legendary" cowhand. [9] Johanna July tamed horses and raised cattle. [ 10 ] There were also other Black women in notable roles in the American West, including Mary Fields , a star route postwoman , [ 10 ] and Jane Manning James , who had a farm with her husband.
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It includes 18th-century American women that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "18th-century African-American women" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.