History Memes

I’m African American and my family’s last name was an interesting one because it is very German sounding but with a twist.

That’s when I learned that the reason for this was due to my ancestors being given that name by their…”new family”…but they didn’t want to give them the actual name so they put a twist on the spelling just slightly.

Apparently that was a thing with a lot of last names given by the “new family”.

Example: Villiams is the slaver’s last name so the slave gets the last name Williams. Close enough to be recognized, but not enough to note equality.