Most people recognize that there are first names given almost exclusively by black Americans to their children, such as Jamal and Latasha. Historical evidence does not support this belief. Until a few ...
The project is working to recover the names of people enslaved before 1865. For many Black Americans, tracing one’s family roots back more than 150 years has been nearly impossible due to a lack of ...
The 10 Million Names Project from American Ancestors is designed to create a database of names and stories of Black people who were enslaved in the United States before 1865, the year the Civil War ...
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