How Historically Accurate Are the American Girl Doll Names?

This was really fascinating!! Thanks for sharing.

I wonder with [name_f]Aduke[/name_f], if her mother gave her one name and she was known by another (perhaps given by the plantation owner) when on the plantation -or was simply always known by [name_f]Addy[/name_f] and her full name was never brought up?

It’s probably also worth noting in these cases that, like today, sometimes people just had unusual names :woman_shrugging:

Again, great research -enjoyed reading this

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