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Why did so many slaves have American names even though their background was African?
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Why did so many slaves have American names even though their background was African?

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They had so many American names because they were brought to America and the masters called the slaves American names but in Africa they were called by their true name
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The slaves had two names, one was African which was their private name, and the American name was given by the slave's owner

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