Europeans were cognizant of this fact but yet deemed the Africans as subordinate thus enslaving them and strangling their heritage. ... Nonetheless, names were altered over the years into a form acceptable to both the slave as a reminder of his roots and to his master, as something he could pronounce e.g., 'Ebo Jane' or 'Mandigo Jack'8. ...

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