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Please allow one business day for replies from NCpedia. Skip to main content. Is anything in this article factually incorrect? Please submit a comment. Printer-friendly page Slave Names by John C. Sitting in the shadow of the slave memorial in Amsterdam's bustling Oosterpark, Linda Nooitmeer remembers the moment Mayor Femke Halsema apologised for the council's role in the slave trade. I would never have imagined that even four years ago, never.
So we're making steps. As I speak to Yaw outside Utrecht city hall a man comes over shouting racial abuse: "You're not African, just because you're black. If you think you are African, go back! Coming here for our benefits. It is a shocking moment but Yaw takes it in his stride.
For him the Netherlands is still on a journey and the recognition of people's desire to drop their slave names represents a small but significant step. The world-wide Black Lives Matter movement has made a difference, he believes, and the name-changing move is part of a process that shows greater awareness.
US to add federal holiday marking end of slavery. The British role in America's tainted past. For more than three centuries the Dutch shipped more than half a million Africans across the Atlantic. Three centuries of slavery.
Guno Mac Intosch welcomes the chance to change his name officially to Yaw. Amsterdam mayor apologises for city's slavery role Brazil's hidden slavery past unveiled. Stigma for descendants. Or, the Slaves were given numbers or classical Greek names.
This had a profound impact on the Selfhood of each of the enslaved—disrupting ones presumed Mission in life, as indicated by ones name; shattering the sharing of personal and historical experiences, attitudes, and spirits towards life; and putting in disarray the philosophy of life framework and common sense values by which all Africans lived.
Is this the work of the evil spirits or from my bad karma? But the Slaves generally had two names—the one given by the slave owner e. Already a member? Publications Pages Publications Pages.
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You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Related Articles Expand or collapse the "related articles" section about About Related Articles close popup. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. Introduction The naming of slaves has not been treated in dedicated monographs, but it often figures in general accounts of plantation culture and the practices of enslavement.
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