"black as Caesar's tail"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/10/2007 10:52 AM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:
>I'm inclined to look to the antebellum use of classical names for slaves.
>I'm copying this question to the mailing list of the American Name Society
>for further info.

Caesar was one of the more popular names in the classical category
during the 18th century in the colonies.

Joel

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