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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. | ||
*'''[[Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections | Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections in the FamilySearch Catalog]]''' | |||
*'''[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/Southern_States_Slavery_and_Bondage_Collections Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections in the FS Catalog]''' | ||