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1. • • West African names such as Binah, Cudjo, Quash, and many others appear in relatively small numbers among the surviving records in eighteenth-century South Carolina as the accepted and acknowledged names of enslaved people.
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   Are there any African names in South Carolina?

   • Perusing the records of early South Carolina, we find distinctly African names such as Arrah (sometimes rendered as Arrow), Dumby, Gola, Gomby, Guinea, Mimba, Mimbo, Minta, Minty, Noko, Renty, Rhina, Sambo, Soanon (a Malagasy name from Madagascar), Tenah, Wally, Yamma, Zamie, Zimba, Zimbo, Zinga, and many others, in a great variety of spellings.

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   What happened to African names in South Carolina?

   • The frequency of African names in South Carolina records declined in the decades after the American Revolution, however. The Palmetto State briefly reopened the trans-Atlantic slave trade between the summer of 1783 and the spring of 1787, after which time the number of native-born Africans in the state gradually diminished.

   Recall Their Names: The Personal Identity of Enslaved South Carolinians

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   Why is South Carolina important to African American history?

   • As one of the original thirteen colonies, South Carolina possesses a rich heritage of African American history. Because Charleston was a major port for the importation of enslaved Africans, South Carolina’s records are significant sources for African American genealogical research.

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   Did South Carolina enslaved people have names?

   • The enslaved people of early South Carolina bore a variety of names, many of which were not of their own choosing. Combing through documents from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we find a robust record of the personal names applied to many generations of people held in legal bondage.

   Recall Their Names: The Personal Identity of Enslaved South Carolinians

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   When was South Carolina founded?

   • The Lords Proprietors founded South Carolina in 1670, and within fifty years African Americans outnumbered white settlers. By 1740, African Americans made up two thirds of South Carolina’s population.

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   Are there any South Carolina slaveholder genealogies online?

   • Researching a slaveholder’s genealogy can be a time-consuming task, but fortunately, there are many genealogies for South Carolina slaveholders online. Here, we provide links to online genealogies of South Carolina slaveholders.

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3. lowcountryafricana.com › south-carolina-slaveholdersSouth Carolina Slaveholders - Lowcountry Africana

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   South Carolina Slaveholders: Genealogy and Records, A Through M - Lowcountry Africana. The search for enslaved ancestors requires research in the records of slaveholding families. In order to identify records of interest, you must first examine the genealogy of slaveholding families.

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   As one of the original thirteen colonies, South Carolina possesses a rich heritage of African American history. Because Charleston was a major port for the importation of enslaved Africans, South Carolina’s records are significant sources for African American genealogical research.

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   By 1860, 10 percent of the Black population—enslaved and free—lived within the territory known as South Carolina today. Here, and on sea islands along the North Carolina, Georgia and Florida coasts, emerged the Gullah culture, a blend of West African ancestral languages and customs and newly discovered European ones.

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   Oct 2, 2020 · West African names such as Binah, Cudjo, Quash, and many others appear in relatively small numbers among the surviving records in eighteenth-century South Carolina as the accepted and acknowledged names of enslaved people.

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   This page is an introduction to African American genealogical research in South Carolina. The objective is to help you understand the history and development of the state, and to explain what resources are available at the state, county, and city levels.

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   May 16, 2018 · The Gullah people, also referred to as the Geechee, reside in Georgia and the low country of South Carolina within the United States. They are also located within the coast and the Sea Islands...

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   Throughout the colonial period, as many as 15 to 20 percent of the slaves in the two Carolinas had African names. A wide variety of names like Quamino, Musso, Cush, Footbea, Teebee, Banabar, Gimba, Ankque, and Simba appear occasionally on early slave lists, but none of these survived for long.