{"id":337,"date":"2022-09-15T23:24:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T23:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2023-06-02T12:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T12:41:45","slug":"wright-surname-in-black-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wright-surname-in-black-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright As An African American Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2010 U.S. Census recorded 129,570 black Americans with Wright as their last name. That represented 28% of the total of 458,980 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article compares census numbers before and after the Civil War. We also look at historic African American people named Wright in the last three centuries.<\/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

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