tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post4717501637137873284..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Slavery In New England & In The United States South: Names & Titles As Strategies Of Subordination, Degradation, And ResistanceAzizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-20358219354548208502016-02-27T23:42:45.870-05:002016-02-27T23:42:45.870-05:00Hi slam2011,
I don't want to speculate as to ...Hi slam2011,<br /><br />I don't want to speculate as to whether the Anglican Church in Jamaica required converts to adopt a new name upon their baptism or whether this was the choice of those being baptized. It's a good question, though. If this was a voluntary decision, it would fit with what I've read was the custom in a number of African cultures of people choosing or being given a new or added name/nickname to mark some accomplishment or good or bad incident in the person's life.<br /><br />Here's the link to the Jamaican family search site:<br /><a href="http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Slaves2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Slaves2.htm</a> <br /><br />Also, "Olutosin" is a Yoruba (Nigeria) male name meaning "God is worthy of praise" ["Oluwa", the name of the Supreme Deity + tosin, meaning worthy of praise]<br /><br />Here's a link to that name meaning = <a rel="nofollow">http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Olutosin</a>.<br /><br />I didn't look up Kippo yet, but I agree that this is an African name or a folk processed form of an African name. I plan to spend some time at that family search site. Thanks again!!<br /> Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-23509738766831699972016-02-27T17:50:01.275-05:002016-02-27T17:50:01.275-05:00On second thoughts I realise it's possible it ...On second thoughts I realise it's possible it was the Anglican Church in Jamaica that required converts to adopt a new name. What do you think? After all the church would hardly agree to baptise anyone 'Apollo'.... On the other hand, lots of the abandoned names seem unobjectionable from a church viewpoint - Frederick, Beatrice, Hannah. My guess is that, as a sign they were beginning a new life in Christ, the converts themselves chose to take new names. What do you think?slam2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/03112153426493772446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-78197749925912024192016-02-27T17:18:14.037-05:002016-02-27T17:18:14.037-05:00I notice that in early 19th c. Jamaica it was the ...I notice that in early 19th c. Jamaica it was the usual custom for anyone of African descent to choose a new name on baptism. Sometimes the name they abandoned was clearly an imposed one, like Duke, Apollo or Duranto, but also there's a Cuffee, and other names I think may be African - Tosin (there's a modern Nigerian-American called Oluwatosin, but known as Tosin); Kippo, a woman's name; and woman who chooses to be christened Eleanor was formerly known as 'Friday'. http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Slaves2.htmslam2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/03112153426493772446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-25127535567063864942016-02-26T12:08:33.103-05:002016-02-26T12:08:33.103-05:00It's true that a number of African Americans i...It's true that a number of African Americans in the 20th century and 21st century (and probably also during slavery and during post-slavery 19th century) taught/teach our children to refer to adult friends of their parents as "aunt" and "uncle" although there were/are no biological ties. However, that custom is separate from the point that the titles "aunt" and "uncle" were used during slavery because Black people were prohibited from using "Mrs." and "Mister".<br /><br />This is contrary to the opinions that were posted on the this redditt comment thread <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1mhxil/can_anyone_speak_to_the_origins_of_using_the/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1mhxil/can_anyone_speak_to_the_origins_of_using_the/</a> that White people called enslaved older Black people "aunt" and "uncle" because they considered those Black people as "part of their family."Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com