"Coffee" as the name of a female slave

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/13/2009 03:31 AM, Margaret Lee wrote:
>The West African day name for Friday is Cuffee/Cuffy (Twi language
>of the Asante).

But can that name be given to Friday's *girls*?  That was what was
behind my question about the female slave "Coffee" in 1713.

Joel

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>Margaret Lee
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>--- On Fri, 2/13/09, Joel S. Berson <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
>
>From: Joel S. Berson <Berson at ATT.NET>
>Subject: Re: "Coffee" as the name of a female slave
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 2:02 AM
>
>At 2/12/2009 03:37 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >If "Coffee" and its variants are rare in my experience, it's
>merely a
> >coincidence. I've never met a white person by this name, either.
>
>I have -- but the family was Denver Jewish.  (Sorry, I can't tell you
>more; I was but a child, and met them only passing through to someplace else.)
>
>Joel
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