New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 3: Last Names

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New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 3: Last Names

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The Athenaeum Press at Coastal Carolina University

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Date

6-19-2018

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This video is part three of a nine-part video series of a tour of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church recorded on June 19, 2018. In this clip, the pulpit is shown as the tour guide explains how many formerly enslaved people gained their last name. For many enslaved and formerly enslaved people, their surname often came from the "plantation owners they were associated with."

Subject

African American churches--South Carolina;Gullahs--South Carolina--Sandy Island--Religion;Slavery--South Carolina--History;New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church;Sandy Island (S.C.)

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New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 3: Last Names

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