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Why did slaves use there owner name?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Well they used their owners named because they had no identity. They were taken away from their homeland and their ways of life and was taken into a new place. The only way they could get a identity was to use their owners name. No one knew who they were and had no choice.

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