Why does the slave dealer change northup’s name? why would it be common practice to rename slaves after their owners?

The slave dealer had to change Northup name since normal slaves did not have last names so, ir order to make sure people did not question if Northup was a slave, he had to change his name. It was assigned a random and indistinct name to Solomon (Platt), which took from Northup his last trace of identity, his connection to the life his family provided to him and also with the joy he use to feel when he was on his house. After that moment, he started to be known by an arbitraty name, what establish the fact that Northup finally, seemingly irrevocably, became a slave.

It was common to rename slaves after their owners after he was set free. People did that because it was not only a logical thing to do but also the easiest way to be identified. Besides that, the Government seemed to be in a hurry when it was about slaves names, since that way they were able to be registered as a person, as a citizen.

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