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Keep in mind that only about 15 percent of formerly enslaved persons took their last slaveholder’s surname. Some took the surname of people they admired, such as Lincoln or Washington, and some took a surname they had been using for many years without the knowledge of the slaveholder. | Keep in mind that only about 15 percent of formerly enslaved persons took their last slaveholder’s surname. Some took the surname of people they admired, such as Lincoln or Washington, and some took a surname they had been using for many years without the knowledge of the slaveholder. | ||
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Southern_States_Slavery_and_Bondage_Collections Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections in the | *'''[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Southern_States_Slavery_and_Bondage_Collections Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections in the FS Catalog]''' | ||
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/North_Carolina_Slavery_and_Bondage_Collection North Carolina Slavery and Bondage Collections in the | *'''[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/North_Carolina_Slavery_and_Bondage_Collection North Carolina Slavery and Bondage Collections in the FS Catalog]''' | ||
=== Sources for Identifying a Slaveholder === | === Sources for Identifying a Slaveholder === | ||