Originally Posted by earlybrd
Some slaves kept there masters last names it took me a while to figure that out locally

Yep. There used to be lots of Negros running around in Tennessee and Mississippi with my Great Grandfather’s VERY Irish sounding last name. One of them played in the NFL for quite a while.


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Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"

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