Meaning of slave name | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A name or surname given to a person held in slavery, or passed down to their descendants.
2. Any name imposed on one by others rather than chosen by them for themselves (but generally excluding names bestowed by one's parents).
   broadly, derogatory

Examples

“They might not know which name to call—my slave name, Marie Laveau, or the unknown African name that should've been mine.”

“His point is to let white people know you don't accept your slave name.”

“Shipp is my slave name. It's the name of the people who owned my family.”

“'Woman' is my slave name; feminism will give me freedom to seek some other identity altogether.”

“Muffy was my slave name. It's what all those Columbia math majors called me.”

“Call me Namron. You see Norman is my slave name.”

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