{"id":3096,"date":"2023-06-14T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2023-06-14T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:18:07","slug":"harper-surname-in-black-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/harper-surname-in-black-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper As An African American Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The 2010 U.S. Census recorded 32,633 black Americans with Harper as their last name. That represented 26% of the total of 124,461 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This article tracks their numbers in the census since the Civil War. We also look at historic African American people named Harper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We end with a review of early records of black military service in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n