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From: ScottWilds< >
Subject: Re: Anakin or ANNEKA
Date: 30 Jun 1999 05:03:55 GMT


The female name Anneka or Anica (various spellings) is fairly common in South
Carolina among slave women in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and
continuing into the late 19th century. It has been said to be an African
name....does anyone know whether its a given name in Africa?

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